Morning sunlight cuts through haze and shines on the Colorado River as it runs through Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona on April 16, 2023. The flight for aerial photography was provided by LightHawk.
Water management in the seven Colorado River Basin states and Mexico are intertwined, yet each faces unique circumstances and challenges.Colorado River drought task force achieves consensus — but some water experts say recommendations “fell short” The Colorado River’s headwaters originate at La Poudre Pass, situated southwest of Long Draw Reservoir at an elevation exceeding 10,000 feet, spanning Larimer and Grand Counties. As the high mountain snowpack gradually melts, flowing water coalesces into the Colorado River. Containing the headwaters of the river, Colorado is a critical member of the Upper Basin states, intrinsically connected to the river.
LEFT: The top of the Continental Divide is covered in snow on May 13, 2023, in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. The flight for aerial photography was provided by LightHawk. RIGHT: Crews work to clear snow from Trail Ridge Road on May 10, 2023, in Rocky Mountain National Park. Bruce Talbott, of Talbott Farms, makes sure the irrigation to one of his family’s grape vineyards is performing as it should on July 2, 2022, in Palisade, Colorado. Talbott wants to make sure every drop of the irrigation water, from the Colorado River, is used wisely to nourish the crops.
A group of friends, from the Denver metro area, have fun on the Colorado River, at Rancho Del Rio, on July 2, 2022, near Bond, Colorado. LEFT: A family plays at the edge of the Green River on Oct. 17, 2023, in Green River, Wyoming. RIGHT: The Green River runs through the middle of town on Oct. 17, 2023, in Green River, Wyoming.
The Bataan Water Loading Station in Gallup, New Mexico is open 24 hours and coin-operated. A quarter will buy 50 gallons of water. For many Navajos in the area, the water station is the only place to access clean drinking water. People fill tanks or drums in the beds of their pickups or on trailers to bring home for drinking water.
Supported by this water in the Yuma area, approximately 170 million servings of lettuce are produced daily from November through April. Roughly 90 percent of all leafy vegetables grown in the U.S. during this period originate in and around Yuma. As Arizona participates in the Lower Basin Drought Contingency Plan, the state is grappling with water scarcity, ecological stewardship, and responsible resource management within its arid landscape.
Artist Billy Fefer painted a mural on the side of a roadside stand where locals sell items on the Navajo Reservation on July 5, 2022, near Cameron, Arizona. Most of the Navajo Nation has lived with drought for the past few decades. Living in Rio Verde Foothills, an unincorporated development in Maricopa County, Leigh Harris started facing water restrictions imposed after the Department of the Interior issued the first-ever formal water-shortage declaration for the Colorado River in 2021. As a result, the City of Scottsdale ceased providing water to Rio Verde Foothills. In response to the water scarcity, Harris invested $14,000 in a rainwater harvesting system installed at her home.
officials worry that continuing drought conditions at Lake Powell may someday soon drop water levels below the point where the Glen Canyon Dam can generate electricity Residents use the pool in a newly built community on April 15, 2023, in St. George, Utah. A sunken boat reemerges during low water levels on April 12, 2023, in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada.
The Hoover Dam generates electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes, but a megadrought is stressing Lake Mead reservoir levels towards a point at which the dam may someday no longer produce power, seen on July 9, 2022, in Boulder City, Nevada. TOP LEFT: The Kurt R. Segler Water Reclamation Facility at Lake Mead National Recreation Area is the primary wastewater treatment plant for Las Vegas area and is capable of treating 32 million gallons of wastewater per day.
Ten-year-old Eric Lingo uses the stuffed dog he won from a carnival game during the last day of the Clark County Fair to shade the back of his neck and face from the afternoon sun on April 16, 2023, in Logandale, Nevada. Despite a cooler-than-normal spring in Clark County, that mid-April day was already in the low 90s at the dusty fairgrounds. Farmhand Adrian Gonzalez irrigates a field of newly planted alfalfa on Dec. 29, 2022, in Calipatria, California.
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