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U.S. West’s water management system on edge of collapse, expert says
Editor’s note: This is the first of six stories for “Colorado River reckoning: Not enough water,” an investigative series by the Arizona Daily Star that observes, at length, the future of the Colorado River.
The lifeblood of the West, the Colorado River, is slowly dying, its flows that nourish 40 million people in seven states shrinking without respite.
The planet keeps heating up, and the reservoirs that feed the canals bringing water to lettuce and alfalfa fields and to faucets, toilets and lawns keep falling.
The state governments charged with the river’s management are locked in a standoff over how to wean themselves from decades-long dependence on this water that borders on addiction. That dependence has been enshrined into the U.S. legal system through treaties, regulations, compacts, court decisions and statutes that collectively add up to the Law of the River.
Bozeman, Montana looks at water conservation as population grows
“The closer we get to exhausting our reliable supply, the higher likelihood that we’re going to have to enact water restrictions in order to meet our most essential needs,” said Brian Heaston, senior water resources engineer.
Colorado River water users convening amid crisis concerns
Water Experts: Wyoming Can’t Avoid Potential ‘Doomsday’ Colorado River Crisis
Wyoming is poised to be impacted by the strain of the crisis that some fear is approaching a “doomsday” scenario.
Alaska’s Arctic waterways are turning orange, threatening drinking water
Dozens of once crystal-clear streams and rivers in Arctic Alaska are now running bright orange and cloudy, and, in some cases, they may be becoming more acidic. This otherwise undeveloped landscape now looks as if an industrial mine has been in operation for decades, and scientists want to know why.
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