Water Use in Southwest Heads for a Day of Reckoning

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/us/28mead.html?src=me&ref=homepage

Barring a sudden end to the Southwest’s 11-year drought, the distribution of the river’s dwindling bounty is likely to be reordered as early as next year because the flow of water cannot keep pace with the region’s demands.