The historic megadrought in the western United States, compounded by human-caused climate change, has curtailed the flow of the Colorado River to critical levels with no relief in sight. However, keen observers predicted this situation over a century ago, so how did we end up here?

Listen in as Ten Across founder Duke Reiter talks to water experts Anne Castle and John Fleck about the history and future of the Colorado River including the 40 million people and 5 million acres of farmland that rely on its diminishing water supply.

For more information about the Ten Across initiative visit www.10across.com.

Read the report “Green Light for Adaptive Policies on the Colorado River” by John Fleck & Anne Castle here: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/1/2/htm

Science Be Dammed: How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River by John Fleck & Eric Kuhn: https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/science-be-dammed