Michael Bennet: “Blue Mesa Reservoir is half empty.”

“I don't want to scare anybody, but this is a year when we're going to put less water down the Colorado river than we had in a very, very, very long time. Blue Mesa Reservoir is half empty. And one of the things I've been saying to my colleagues in the Senate is you can't get water when there's no water, you know, and if Blue Mesa is half empty already, what are you going to do?” (29:59–30:03)

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