Western river compacts were innovative in the 1920s but couldn’t foresee today’s water challenges

Photo caption: Delph Carpenter, standing at center, at the signing of bills approving the Colorado River and South Platte River compacts in 1925. Photo credit: Colorado State University Water Resources Archive, CC BY-ND (photo unmodified). Article by Patricia J. Rettig. The Conversation – May 4, 2022.

The Western U.S. is in a water crisis, from California to Nebraska. An ongoing drought is predicted to last at least through July 2022. Recent research suggests that these conditions may be better labeled aridification – meaning that warming and drying are long-term trends. […]

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