In a Water Deficit, Arizona Contemplates a Future Without Colorado River Access
Water from the Colorado River covers more than a third of Arizona’s total water usage, but the state is increasingly losing access to that supply.
The state is no longer in what Terry Goddard, the president of the Central Arizona Water Conservation District Board of Directors, called “a fool’s paradise.” Arizona had maintined a surplus of water since the mid-1980s, but that’s not the case today. Now, it’s losing water, and it’s losing it fast.
