Water conservation on the Colorado River
1 min read
<
“I’m concerned, but there’s still time to fix this,” Bart Miller with Western Resource Advocates said.
COLORADO, USA — When it comes to water use, we’re not living within our means.
“The Colorado River is in a crisis. We are using vastly more water than the river can provide,” said Bart Miller, healthy rivers program director for Western Resource Advocates. “The math is really clear. It’s like a bank account where you’re taking out more than you’re putting in.”
The seven states that share the Colorado River are trying to figure out how to conserve 2-4 million acre-feet of water to protect critical elevations at Lake Powell and Lake Mead.
…
2022-08-17 19:47:58
All news and articles are copyrighted to the respective authors and/or News Broadcasters. RockyDailyNews.Com is an independent Online News Aggregator
Read more from original source here…