The waters of the Colorado are critical to the support of a $1.4 trillion economy and dinking water for 40 million people in the west. Rising temperatures, drought-driven climate change, overallocation of the water we do have and river management practices that were based on the information available when slavery was still legal have proven to be a horrible combination for the Colorado.
Water levels at lakes Powell and Mead are dropping sharply, even endangering hydro power generation.
Read what American Rivers says put the Colorado at the top of their “most endangered” list.