The Mighty Colorado Is Vanishing, and the Fixes Are Getting Weird
Low water levels and a receded shorline at Lake Powell are marked by the bathtub rings on April 30, 2026 in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, near Big water, Utah. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- ▪Low water levels and a receded shorline at Lake Powell are marked by the bathtub rings on April 30, 2026 in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, near Big water, Utah.
- ▪RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs.
- ▪This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
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| Publication time | Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:30:00 +0000 |
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Low water levels and a receded shorline at Lake Powell are marked by the bathtub rings on April 30, 2026 in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, near Big water, Utah. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The crisis on the Colorado River is simple: The seven Western states that border the essential waterway use more water than it contains. Chronic overuse has drained its two largest reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, and a two-decade drought cycle has pushed them to the point of collapse.
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