the flow of that river, everything from urban water use, to farming, to energy sosources, to o recreationond whatat we do know ishatt there is an n approaching shorte coming.g. >> i had t the good fortrtune going down the colorado river in 202008. this is bebefore i kw anyththing about t the projececd i noticed on the ririver everyy night you had t to pull your r s up a and t thehem really t tigh. and i said "why do we have to do that? you kw, the r river is jujust the ririver, why--why dot chanange at nighght?" andd i came toto realize that ls vegas, the lightsts come on, thy release more water throughout the river. so, i gogot a sense that, "waiaa second, so o this is a--this isa man-made e machine, this increredible canynyon that we're in." and then, i think i realized shortly after that that the water in the river does not reach its end. anand that was--there wawas a cerrtain amount of outragege abt that. the mighty colorado river does not reach its end. it w was a story that i neneedeo tetell. >> to prevent disputes over water rights, the 1922 colorado river compact divvied up the rive