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Colorado River Water Users Suffer; Walk a Mile in California for Water
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 11:44
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Shrinking Colorado River is a growing concern for Yuma farmers — and millions of water users. The Colorado River begins as snowmelt in the Rocky Mountains and ends 1,450 miles south in Mexico after making a final sacrifice to the United States: water for the farm fields in this powerhouse of American produce.
Welcome to Fairmead, California, Where You Have to Walk a Mile for a Sip of Water. Residents of Fairmead, California, spend tens or even hundreds of dollars each month on drinking water, and many dollars more on gas to drive their cars out of town to someplace where the water quality is better, so that they can fill up large containers to meet their basic needs.
