How this tribe survives in Colorado’s worst drought region with as little as 10% of its hard-won water supply – Greeley Tribune

How this tribe survives in Colorado’s worst drought region with as little as 10% of its hard-won water supply – Greeley Tribune

TOWAOC — Ute Mountain Ute irrigation manager Michael Vicenti looked out from his reservation — toward the Navajos’ sacred “winged rock” and across the arid Southwest — then focused in front of his feet on three-foot-high stalks of blue corn. They stood straight. But these growing stalks, established on one inch of water per week,…

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California may reallocate shrinking water supply – Daily News

California may reallocate shrinking water supply – Daily News

While it’s not yet formal policy, those who manage California’s vast water system are edging toward a historic reallocation of the state’s shrinking supply that could have a life-altering impact on its largest-in-the-nation agricultural industry. For many years, farmers have used about 80% of the water diverted from rivers for human use, with the rest…

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