As the largest reservoir on the Colorado River hits a record low, the Trump administration is weighing major cuts to water use in the West. It's a moment of reckoning in the drought-stricken region as seven states struggle to agree on how to share the rapidly shrinking water supply. In 2021, Bill Whitaker spoke with a fourth-generation Arizona farmer whose allotment of Colorado River water was being cut by 70%, forcing him to leave 150 acres of farmland uncultivated. #coloradoriver #lakemead #arizona
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