PHOENIX — A new study says the Colorado River is in worse shape than experts believed, and the West has less time to cut water use.
Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder and other universities, including Arizona State University, found that even after years of conservation measures, people are still using trillions of gallons more than the river provides.
“We continually find out that things are worse off than we thought they were,” said Eric Kuhn, one of the report’s authors. “We’re trying to catch up with hydrology, and we’re not catching up.”…