Shore in Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Lake Mead by air

Craig Morey from Emsworth, Hants, UK

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 Colorado River @ Lake Mead National Recreation, Nevada / Arizona  

David Fulmer

Flickr: Kayakin’ on Colorado River     Creative CommonsAttribution 2.0 Generic license.

Dust-storm-Texas-1935  –  Dust Bowl

NOAA George E. Marsh Album    –    Public  Domain

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The Colorado River, The High Plains Aquifer And The Entire Western Half Of The U.S. Are Rapidly Drying Up

What is life going to look like as our precious water resources become increasingly strained and the western half of the United States becomes bone dry?  Scientists tell us that the 20th century was the wettest century in the western half of the country in 1000 years, and now things appear to be reverting to their normal historical patterns.  But…