40 million people at risk as Trump permits massive data center water consumption

40 million people at risk as Trump permits massive data center water consumption

After years of failed negotiations between the states and decades of negligent water management, we now have just months for federal officials to decide how to divide up the ever-shrinking flow of the Colorado River between the seven river basin states that share it — and the 40 million people relying on the river for drinking water, including right here in Colorado.As we wait with bated breath for a conclusion, another major threat to our preci…