5 min read by Madeline Kiser The papers are full of news about water, our waning Colorado River, life-blood source for western states, and it’s hard to tell, reading, what our options are amidst the complex data. We know that the river is over-allocated, even without climate change. We know that it’s likely that a shortage on the river, which supplies 35-40 million people, seven states, and much of our agriculture in the U.S., will likely be declared in the next few years, or even months. We know that it’s likely that to meet the shortage, conservation efforts will be intensified; water will