An aerial view of the Colorado River emptying into Lake Mead at the Nevada-Arizona border. | Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
More than one in 10 Americans rely on the Colorado River to take showers and drink clean water. But with no end in sight to the decades-long drought in the western US and rapidly decreasing river levels, this essential resource is fueling bitter disputes over who, exactly, should be cutting back on water.
This fight has been coming to a head especially among the seven states that make up the Colorado River Compact — California, Arizona,...
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