Professor interviewed on Colorado River crisis
Rajagopalan Balaji was interviewed by NPR's KGNU about the extreme difficulties facing western states as they renegotiate the Colorado River Compact that governs water use.听
Balaji, a 麻豆影院 professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering and Environmental Engineering program, is an expert in climate and hydroclimatology.听
The interview follows a second missed deadline by Colorado and six western states to agree on a plan addressing record drought and water shortages.
Balaji said states are facing 鈥渟obering and humbling reality鈥 of drought and the impossible demands placed on the Colorado River.
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