Colorado River's dire state demands action from urban water users, experts say — few are

Colorado River's dire state demands action from urban water users, experts say — few are

FILE – The Colorado River runs through mountains near Burns, Colo., on April 12, 2023. (Chris Dillmann/Vail Daily via AP, File) This story was first published at Big Pivots. DENVER | Dissonance exists between life-close-to-normal policies regarding urban water use and the growing crisis on the river Casually surveying the urban landscapes in much of Colorado’s Front Range, you’d never know that the Colorado River — the source for roughly half th…