The West’s most important water supply is drying up. Soon, life for 40 million people who depend on the Colorado River will change.
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/07/22/colorado-river-drought-water-crisis-west/
PAGE, Ariz. — White sandstone cliffs create a ring around Lake Powell in contrast to the honey- and red-colored desert rock nearby. Evidence that water once, not all that long ago, filled America’s second-largest reservoir.
Fed by the Colorado River, Lake Powell, in south-central Utah, has seen wet years and dry years over the past two decades. Mostly dry years.