The crisis on the Colorado River is simple: The seven Western states that border the essential waterway use more water than it contains. Chronic overuse has drained its two largest reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, and a two-decade drought cycle has pushed them to the point of collapse. Th...
Source: [Grist](https://grist.org/solutions/the-colorado-river-is-vanishing-and-the-fixes-are-getting-weird/)