ApocaDocs: How the West’s Energy Boom Could Threaten Drinking Water for 1 in 12 Americans

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Posted Mon Dec 22 2008: from ProPublica:


	How the West’s Energy Boom Could Threaten Drinking Water for 1 in 12 Americans http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1229967448 The Colorado River, the life vein of the Southwestern United States, is in trouble. The river's water is hoarded the moment it trickles out of the mountains of Wyoming and Colorado and begins its 1,450-mile journey to Mexico's border. It runs south through seven states and the Grand Canyon, delivering water to Phoenix, Los Angeles and San Diego. Along the way, it powers homes for 3 million people, nourishes 15 percent of the nation's crops and provides drinking water to one in 12 Americans. Now a rush to develop domestic oil, gas and uranium deposits along the river and its tributaries threatens its future.

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