Video: Government Shutdown, Toxic Chemicals, and a Dying River

No time to read the news articles? We’ve bundled the last week’s worth of them into our Western-Water Weekly video series. The latest video is now available and embedded below:

This week’s Western Water Weekly dives into the stories shaking the Colorado River Basin:

• The Colorado River may lose another one-fifth of its flow, threatening 40 million people.
• The Great Salt Lake finally gets a management plan—but can it save the lake?
• The EPA keeps “forever chemicals” on the Superfund list, leaving cities bracing for cleanup costs.
• New Mexico overhauls its entire water-court system.
• The Little Colorado River gets long-awaited protection from uranium waste.
• And yes—the federal government shut down again, but the Drought Monitor still delivered new data.

From toxic cleanup to vanishing rivers, this episode breaks down what’s really happening with Western water—fast, clear, and grounded in facts that matter.

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