The University of Arizona Press

October 28, 2021

Now in paperback, Science Be Dammed: How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River has continued to gain attention, especially as communities in Arizona, California, Nevada, and other states across the country wrestle with drought and how to continue to provide water for millions of residents.

On Boston’s WBUR’s On Point, co-author John Fleck reflected on the crisis:

“Being willing to have the hard conversations with communities to say, Look, that water that the Colorado River Compact promised you back in 1922, it just ain’t there. Don’t continue to expect the river to deliver that water to you because it says on a piece of paper that was signed in 1922 that that water is available, that water is not there. And, you know, one of the the truisms for me in Western water is when people have less water, they’ll use less water. We’re really adaptable. We can do that. We’ve got to recognize that.”

Have a listen here.

On Madison, Wisconsin’s community radio station WORT, co-author Eric Kuhn talked about the unprecedented megadrought in the western U.S.

Have a listen here.