Associated Press: For the past five years, as the drought drained Californias water sources and depleted its reservoirs, Southern California water managers have relied increasingly on the regions largest out-of-state water source: the Colorado River.
The river feeds the 242-mile Colorado River Aqueduct, which ends at Lake Mathews in Riverside County. The aqueduct is managed by the Metropolitan Water District of Los Angeles, a wholesaler that supplies 1.2 million acre-feet of Colorado River water to the Inland...