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The Colorado Is Pronounced America's Most Endangered Waterway http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1372042732
The river that carved the Grand Canyon and supplies 36 million Americans with drinking water is in trouble, according to American Rivers...
"The Colorado River...is so over-tapped that it dries up to a trickle before reaching the sea."
Indeed, 36 million of us drink water from the Colorado. The river responsible for cutting the Grand Canyon irrigates nearly four million acres of farmland where some 15 percent of the nation's crops are grown. But according to American Rivers, over-allocation and drought have placed significant stress on water supplies and river health--and another summer drought is on the way. A 2013 study by the federal Bureau of Reclamation finds that there isn't enough water in the Colorado to meet current demands and that the flow will be as much as 30 percent less by 2050 due to climate change. That reduced flow threatens not only endangered fish and wildlife but also the river system's $26 billion recreation economy.
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