The Colorado: elegy for an overused river
Posted by Barbara Kiser | Categories: Arts, Engineering, Environmental sciences, History of science, Sustainability
The Colorado River in the US West proves the adage that you never step into the same river twice. Lined by a vast array of landscapes, communities and industries it has shaped, its waters run variously aqua, navy blue, muddy brown — or not at all. Over its 2,334 kilometres, it sustains some 40 million people, 2 million hectares of farmland and the Hoover Dam. It is also polluted, depleted, diverted. Read more