'A call to action': Study probing future shortages in the Colorado River released
No 'silver bullet' to solve thirsty West's water problem
Spanning seven states, the Colorado River is one of the most critical supplies of water in the Western United States and Mexico. Based on data observed over the past century, the consensus among regional water managers, scientists and hydrologists is that it is already over-used with population growth and climate change expected to put more stress on the system.
Water shortages in the Lower Basin states of Nevada, Arizona and California could result in cutbacks in states like Utah, which could affect what you pay at the tap. As cities and towns and public policy makers across the state get faced with the hard question of how much water can be saved with aggressive no-use or less use, that impacts how much a community can grow, and how much it costs to live.
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Amy Joi O'Donoghue is the environmental reporter the Deseret News, specializing in coverage of issues that affect land, air, water and energy development. She has worked here since 1998 and has been an assistant city more ..
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Good article. One error. The headwaters of the Colorado are at least equally in the Wind River mountains of Wyoming where the Green River heads. In the early days of the trappers and early settlers the Colorado was deemed to have begun where the More..
Cocktails neat instead of diluting with water would be a logical tool to employ.
The reason Colorado's percentage usage is so high relative to other states is that some of the Western Slope water is piped over the Continental Divide to the Front Range (Denver). If a pipeline were to be built from the Missouri River to More..