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MOVING
WATERS: THE COLORADO RIVER AND THE WEST How do we move and change the river? How does it move and change us?
The Colorado River has sustained life in the West for millions of years. It binds and defines the seven states in the riverís watershed. People have moved it to serve their needs: they have been powered, empowered, and inspired by it. The river now creates connections among 25 million people. Our technology, which extends water beyond the natural watershed, is so efficient and invisible that we live largely unaware of our interdependence on this "hydrocommons." This exhibit is part of a seven-state effort to explore Western history through the lens of the Colorado River - its history, significance, and meaning for the West. The panels that follow pose difficult questions about how we live on and off the river, about the laws that determine who has rights to its waters, and about our relationships with and our stewardship of the river.
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