“The West’s most important water supply is drying up. Soon, life for 40 million people who depend on the Colorado River will change.”
That’s the headline from this past week’s Denver Post. Well, what the hell happened to my dear old Mighty Colorado and why didn’t anyone warn me? “We thought we could engineer nature… huge mistake,” says the general manager of the Colorado River District.
They did warn us. Huge mistake they say, but it’s been coming for at least two decades, as we watched Lake Mead drop lower and lower and lower
Oh, sorry ‘bout that, I guess I wasn’t paying attention.
Don’t apologize, it’s not really your fault, there’s a lot to worry about these days and we all have to pay the bills and keep the home-fires burning.
Our water management in the United States is a matter of politics, both local and national. Politicians take the short view, which is why they’re short-sighted, short on ideas, terribly short on intellectual courage and always short on solutions. Short on morals as well, as they can only see as far as the next election and promises are cheaper than listening to all those experts that work for …