a 14-year drought they had lost enough water reported downstream water cutbacks has drained the Colorado River basin nearly unrivaled in 1,250 years drought in the Colorado basin 14 years of drought Source nearly unrivaled in 1,250 years nearly unrivaled in 1,250 years nearly unrivaled in 1,250 years Source Rocky Mountains nearly unrivaled in 1,250 years an explainer Colorado River Drought Forces a Painful Reckoning for States they had lost enough water nearly unrivaled in 1,250 years Source they had lost enough water reported nearly unrivaled in 1,250 years will kick in nearly unrivaled in 1,250 years more Western Drought they had lost enough water they had lost enough water drought in the Colorado basin they had lost enough water has drained the Colorado River basin they had lost enough water downstream water cutbacks Source nearly unrivaled in 1,250 years they had lost enough water they had lost enough water they had lost enough water epic ongoing drought nearly unrivaled in 1,250 years nearly unrivaled in 1,250 years nearly unrivaled in 1,250 years exhaustively documented elsewhere they had lost enough water Colorado River Drought Forces a Painful Reckoning for States