Dwindling Water Sources , May Signal Dark Days for , Life in the US Southwest.<br />'Newsweek' reports that some of the biggest rivers <br />in the United States are in serious trouble as <br />severe droughts continue to grip several regions.<br />The Colorado River is just one of the vital <br />water sources that provide drinking water <br />and irrigation for agriculture for the country.<br />The Colorado River is just one of the vital <br />water sources that provide drinking water <br />and irrigation for agriculture for the country.<br />It seems inevitable that water use <br />in agriculture will be reduced, either <br />voluntarily or involuntarily, and that <br />almost always requires taking <br />irrigated lands out of production, Douglas Kenney told Newsweek, Director of the University <br />of Colorado Law School's Western Water Policy Program, via 'Newsweek'.<br />The Colorado River's flows have reached <br />the lowest in a century, impacting crucial <br />reservoirs like Lake Mead and Lake Powell. .<br />The Colorado River's flows have reached <br />the lowest in a century, impacting crucial <br />reservoirs like Lake Mead and Lake Powell. .<br />'Newsweek' reports that the Colorado is <br />one of the most vital water sources for the <br />Southwestern U.S. and northern parts of Mexico.<br />It provides water for an estimated 40 million <br />people, while supplying water to irrigate <br />over 5 million acres of farmland.<br />It provides water for an estimated 40 million <br />people, while supplying water to irrigate <br />over 5 million acres of farmland.<br />According to data from the United States Geological <br />Survey, the Colorado's flow has fallen by 20%. .<br />That can be really painful in both <br />an economic and cultural sense, <br />especially for those rural communities <br />that exist to support agriculture, Douglas Kenney told Newsweek, Director of the University <br />of Colorado Law School's Western Water Policy Program, via 'Newsweek'.<br />An increasingly dryer Southwest <br />is also an existential threat for <br />the region's fish and wildlife. <br />It's a challenging time, Douglas Kenney told Newsweek, Director of the University <br />of Colorado Law School's Western Water Policy Program, via 'Newsweek'.<br />An increasingly dryer Southwest <br />is also an existential threat for <br />the region's fish and wildlife. <br />It's a challenging time, Douglas Kenney told Newsweek, Director of the University <br />of Colorado Law School's Western Water Policy Program, via 'Newsweek'
