KZMU News: Tuesday July 9, 2019

For nearly two weeks this winter most of the faucets in the town of Paonia, Colorado ran dry. A combination of crumbling infrastructure and dwindling supplies left the town’s residents without drinking water. Months later, the water is flowing again, but the problems facing Paonia are emblematic of small towns throughout the West, where water crises like these can pop up overnight. Our partners at Rocky Mountain Community Radio the story.