Colorado River Drying Up

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This should be one of the biggest stories in the country right now...
“The Colorado River powers over 16 million families, 5 million acres of farmland, and $1.4T in economic activity,” Ken Berenger, the CEO and Co Chairman of Water on Demand Inc. wrote on X. “In 2025, it’s collapsing at an ALARMING rate. Since the government and media won't show you. Here's the story of America’s deadliest ticking time bomb...”
“Stretching 1,450 miles, the Colorado powers the Southwest,” he continued. “It supplies Phoenix, LA, San Diego & Denver. It irrigates 90% of America’s winter vegetables. It lights up Las Vegas through the Hoover Dam. Lose it, and the American West shuts down.”
“The stakes are massive,” he wrote. “Colorado supports 16 million jobs in farming, real estate, energy, and tourism. “If Hoover Dam fails, it won’t just be crops at risk. It’s homes, businesses, and entire economies. This is bigger than any oil shock in history.”
“The river is drying up. Since 2000, it’s lost at least 20% of its flow,” he continued. “Lake Mead and Lake Powell, its two giant reservoirs, are at historic lows. If they drop much further, the Hoover Dam stops producing power. The lights go out in Vegas, Phoenix, LA.”
“This isn’t just climate,” Berenger went on. “The problem is baked in. In 1922, the Colorado River Compact promised more water to 7 states than the river ever produced. For 100 years, demand has been greater than supply. Now the math is catching up.”
“Farmers take the lion’s share,” he explained. "80% of the river goes to agriculture, alfalfa, almonds, lettuce, and beef. Cut farmers, and America’s food supply collapses. Cut cities, and growth stops. Every choice is catastrophic."
"Meanwhile, private firms are circling," he continued. "They’re quietly buying water rights betting on shortages. When supply collapses, whoever controls the taps controls the future. This is how water becomes oil 2.0."
"Colorado is just the beginning," he predicted. "From Michigan to Mississippi, America’s water systems are collapsing under drought, overuse, and privatization. "The West is simply the first domino to fall. "The U.S. government is scrambling for a solution.
"In 2023, states agreed to cut 3 million acre-feet of use. But scientists warn the river may lose another 30% by 2050," wrote Berenger. "The cuts are a band-aid on a severed artery. 40 states face freshwater shortages within a decade. "Every year, the U.S. loses 6 billion gallons of clean water from 250,000 pipe breaks.
"Today, water monopolies are using the same playbook, quietly turning collapse into dynasties," he continued. If America’s water collapse feels inevitable, it’s because we’re trying to fix a 21st-century crisis with a 20th-century model. The solution isn’t bigger government pipes. It’s building DECENTRALIZED systems that treat water where it’s needed—fast, secure, local."