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WATER / Modified jul 28, 2020 9:27 a.m.

Selling Water

Should Colorado River water be used to grow alfalfa or subdivisions in the Phoenix metropolitan area?

Should Colorado River water be used to grow alfalfa or subdivisions in the Phoenix metropolitan area? A pending water sale pits communities along the river against those of Queen Creek, population 50,000 and is setting the stage for future battles over the world’s most precious resource.

Producer/Editor: Vanessa Barchfield
Videographer: Jeff Landers, Martín Rubio
Editor: Mya Hoffman-Long

This story was supported by a grant from The Water Desk, an independent journalism initiative based at the University of Colorado Boulder's Center for Environmental Journalism.

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