For decades, Trout Headwaters has argued for rational, science-based solutions to addressing some of the most challenging environmental problems facing the United States. And for far longer than we’ve argued for real science, various political interests, agricultural interests and a host of ‘non-profits’ have continued to muddy the discourse and deny the facts.

A colleague recently shared this short video describing water use in the Western U.S., and even for those of us reasonably aware of the issues and the increasing stresses on our water resources, this short presentation may prove surprising. See “Who’s really using up the water in the American West.”