<img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7dcfce9/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1900x1258+0+0/resize/792x524!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2Fec%2F92ff62ce47c4b04bd31a0f6ee0ec%2F19094402680-c075364796-o.jpg" alt="Igor Sorokin"> Igor Sorokin(Flickr)Water officials across the West have been negotiating a crisis on the Colorado River. Drought is putting pressure on the seven-state basin, and the nation’s two largest reservoirs recently reached record lows. The Mountain West News Bureau’s Will Walkey looks at how higher-elevation states are being affected by the prospect of a drier future.

Igor Sorokin(Flickr)Water officials across the West have been negotiating a crisis on the Colorado River. Drought is putting pressure on the seven-state basin, and the nation’s two largest reservoirs recently reached record lows. The Mountain West News Bureau’s Will Walkey looks at how higher-elevation states are being affected by the prospect of a drier future.

Igor Sorokin(Flickr)Water officials across the West have been negotiating a crisis on the Colorado River. Drought is putting pressure on the seven-state basin, and the nation’s two largest reservoirs recently reached record lows. The Mountain West News Bureau’s Will Walkey looks at how higher-elevation states are being affected by the prospect of a drier future.

Colorado River crisis could lead to drier future for some states

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