The Colorado River's prolonged decline is forcing difficult tradeoffs among agriculture, cities, hydropower, and new industries as water shortages intensify across the American West.

The Colorado River's prolonged decline is forcing difficult tradeoffs among agriculture, cities, hydropower, and new industries as water shortages intensify across the American…

For more than 60 years, Lake Powell and Lake Mead have served as the twin pillars of the Colorado River system, storing water for cities, farms and hydropower across the American…