Colorado River

River in the southwestern United States, with its headwaters in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado , that flows generally southwest through Colorado, Utah , and Arizona ; forms the border between Nevada and Arizona and Arizona and California ; and then flows through Mexico , emptying into the Gulf of California.

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Source of fresh water for communities in Nevada, Arizona, and California.

The site of the Hoover Dam.

Over millions of years, the force of the river has carved the Grand Canyon in northwestern Arizona.

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The tunnel is usually off-limits when it is filled and coursing with a massive stream of Colorado River water.

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The Boring Company initially planned to dump wastewater in the nearby Colorado River but, after local pressure, signed a deal to send the sludge to a Bastrop wastewater treatment plant.

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As competition for water intensified, “demands by powerful farmers and urbanites drove costly infrastructure projects such as dams. The ultimate result was the draining of the Colorado River Basin.”

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In Mexico, where the shrinking Colorado River no longer flows to the sea, some are calling for a “water revolution.”

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Analyzing data for large sewage treatment plants in seven states that rely on Colorado River water, the researchers found California is recycling only 22% of its treated wastewater.

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