The West’s most important water supply is drying up. Soon, life for 40 million people who depend on the Colorado River will change.
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/07/22/colorado-river-drought-water-crisis-west/
PAGE, Ariz. — White sandstone cliffs create a ring around Lake Powell in contrast to the honey- and red-colored desert rock nearby. Evidence that water once, not all that long ago, filled America’s second-largest reservoir.
Fed by the Colorado River, Lake Powell, in south-central Utah, has seen wet years and dry years over the past two decades. Mostly dry years.
The West’s most important water supply is drying up. Soon, life for 40 million people who depend on the Colorado River will change.
Jul 22, 2022, 7:48pm UTC
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/07/22/colorado-river-drought-water-crisis-west/
> PAGE, Ariz. — White sandstone cliffs create a ring around Lake Powell in contrast to the honey- and red-colored desert rock nearby. Evidence that water once, not all that long ago, filled America’s second-largest reservoir.
> Fed by the Colorado River, Lake Powell, in south-central Utah, has seen wet years and dry years over the past two decades. Mostly dry years.