Our Rivers Are Drying Up. Here’s How You Can Help

so get this the Colorado River the same

so get this the Colorado River the same river that carved the Grand Canyon

river that carved the Grand Canyon

river that carved the Grand Canyon doesn’t even make it to the sea anymore

doesn’t even make it to the sea anymore

doesn’t even make it to the sea anymore and it’s not just the Colorado the Nile

and it’s not just the Colorado the Nile

and it’s not just the Colorado the Nile the Ganges the Rio Grande lots of rivers

the Ganges the Rio Grande lots of rivers

the Ganges the Rio Grande lots of rivers big and small are so over tapped they’re

big and small are so over tapped they’re

big and small are so over tapped they’re often reduced to just a trickle how

often reduced to just a trickle how

often reduced to just a trickle how crazy is that we’re sucking an entire

crazy is that we’re sucking an entire

crazy is that we’re sucking an entire river dry practically everything we do

river dry practically everything we do

river dry practically everything we do uses water like did you know that it can

uses water like did you know that it can

uses water like did you know that it can take three hundred and thirty gallons of

take three hundred and thirty gallons of

take three hundred and thirty gallons of water to make one pizza and your

water to make one pizza and your

water to make one pizza and your all-american blue jeans 2,900 gallons or

all-american blue jeans 2,900 gallons or

all-american blue jeans 2,900 gallons or just one pair the good news is we can

just one pair the good news is we can

just one pair the good news is we can fix this and you can start right now

fix this and you can start right now

fix this and you can start right now grab your phone and pledge to conserve

grab your phone and pledge to conserve

grab your phone and pledge to conserve water by texting River 277 177 in return

water by texting River 277 177 in return

water by texting River 277 177 in return change the course we’ll restore a

change the course we’ll restore a

change the course we’ll restore a thousand gallons of water to depleted

thousand gallons of water to depleted

thousand gallons of water to depleted rivers and wetlands together we can

rivers and wetlands together we can

rivers and wetlands together we can change the course

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