Interior Department Restricts Water Supply To Multiple Western States
Newsy
The Colorado River supplies water to tens of million of people, but restrictions will reduce many western states' supply.
In the West, drying lakebeds and shrinking rivers are reaching a breaking point. Now the Department of the Interior is slashing water supplies to several western states, as the Colorado River shrinks and the vital Lakes Powell and Mead which it feeds get lower and lower.
“I wish I had a crystal ball for what will happen in the Colorado River basin," said Simone Kjolsrud, water resource adviser to Chandler, Arizona. "When you live in the desert you have to have that conservation ethic of embracing that desert lifestyle."
In Arizona, cities are now planning around a coming cut of 21% of the state’s original water allocation.
