Benefits for some and costs for others, and in some cases benefits for some for only the short-term.
So much water is controlled and diverted on the Colorado that it is rare that it reaches the Gulf of California, yet we rarely talk about the havoc that has wreaked on the communities in Mexico downstream from the dams.
The death of the Aral Sea is a more well known environmental disaster.
So much water is controlled and diverted on the Colorado that it is rare that it reaches the Gulf of California, yet we rarely talk about the havoc that has wreaked on the communities in Mexico downstream from the dams.
The death of the Aral Sea is a more well known environmental disaster.