Lauren Sommer, KQED

Colorado River Planners Eye New Playbook As Climate Change, Drought Squeeze Supply

One of the worst recorded droughts in human history has stretched water supplies thin across the far-reaching Colorado River basin, which serves 40 million people.

By Grace Hood and Lauren Sommer, KQED

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