Dead pool, drought and a drying Colorado River
The Colorado River \u2013 the lifeblood of the American southwest \u2013 is drying up. The river\u2019s basin supplies water to 40 million Americans across seven states, plus two states in Mexico. It\u2019s partly because of climate change, a major drought, and because of century-old rules that govern who has the rights to the water. And it\u2019s a big deal: the Colorado River is a key source of drinking water, power production, and crop irrigation for agriculture that helps feed North America.\xa0\n\nToday on Front Burner, guest host Jodie Martinson speaks with CBC Washington correspondent Alex Panetta, who recently got back from reporting in Arizona, about the politics of drought and how it\u2019s fueling a fight over its most precious resource \u2013 water.\n\nFor transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts