The Colorado River is the foundation of the American Southwest. But the confluence of a once-in-a-millennium drought, a hundred-year-old mistake, and a generations-old conflict have put the river--and the civilization built atop it--in crisis, and at a crossroads. As the southwest continues to grow, and the river continues to shrink, time is running out to solve the problem of the Colorado.
The Colorado Problem: A River in the Red
The Colorado River is the foundation of the American Southwest, with its fate now threatened by a once-in-a-millennium drought, a century-old error, and a centuries-old dispute.