Drought-stricken Colorado River Basin

Yellow land as far as the eye could see. In Arizona (USA)Drought gradually devours whole farms. On, below 48°C, Nancy Kaywood Watch his land die. “Everything dried up (…). Less than half of our fields are in production. There is nothing we can do but watch the drought“, explains this farmer in Casa Grande, Arizona.

His grandson, with his tractor, pulls only the weeds. Its life Farming family Generations are threatened by the state’s water allocation every year. “Lately we only have about a third of what we need” laments the farmer. The flow of water is decreasing as the Colorado runs out. Due to climate crisis, there is less snow in the Rocky Mountains, so there is less water in the Great River. 40 million people in seven US states and Mexico rely on it. At the heart of the problem lies Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, whose volume continues to decline.