Colorado River Drought Prompts Unprecedented Water Cuts To Southwest States

Karen Levy
Fri, 26 Aug 2022 11:06:12 -0700

The 1,450-mile-long Colorado River and its tributaries snake through seven states and two nations — the US and Mexico. They provide water and electricity to about 40 million people in Arizona, California, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Utah. The country's sixth largest river also irrigates 4 to 5 million acres of farmland in the Southwest.