EL AGUA ES VIDA, OR TRANSLATED: WATER IS LIFE. The July ’22 issue of Colorado Central Magazine had no less than five items concerning water. The primary item was George Sibley’s article regarding the Colorado River Compact. With all that emphasis on the “life blood” of our region, state, nation and planet, this offering provides some more detail on our state’s namesake river. The river basin encompasses about 246,000 square miles with about 90% in the U.S. At the federal level, the basin is (mis)managed by the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation. The Colorado River starts as a ...
