The Colorado River drought crisis: 5 essential reads
- Written by Jennifer Weeks, Senior Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation
 
Sprinklers water a lettuce field in Holtville, California with Colorado River water. Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty ImagesA 23-year western drought has drastically shrunk the Colorado River, which provides water for drinking and irrigation for Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California and two states in Mexico. Under a 1922...





