From the headwaters in Colorado to the delta in Baja California, Mexico, we traveled the length of the Colorado River to talk to people who depend on its water.
Strict laws regulating water waste are working southern Nevada recorded a 26% drop in water use since 2002 and could become one possible path forward for Utah’s own efforts to save water and preserve the Great Salt Lake.
Outdoor watering is limited to three days a week in the fall and the winter schedule is only one day a week. It goes back up in the spring starting March 1 to three days and during the summer months, water is permitted six days a week beginning May 1, but not between 11 a.m. to 7 p.m, the hottest times.