Phoenix pours $280 million into pipeline to prepare for less water from parched Colorado River
The Colorado River is drying up — and it’s fair to say Phoenix, Arizona, would be drastically different without it. To reach residents in the city, water goes through a 190-mile journey through a system of canals. But decades of drought, low snowpack in the mountains and overuse have put tremendous pressure on the reservoirs that supply water to 40 million people in the Southwest.