Hey, where'd all the water go?

I just returned from a trip to one of my former teenage and childhood haunts, Bonny Reservoir, north of Burlington, Colorado. And I'm still in shock. The mighty Bonny Reservoir had become Bonny Lake ... and it's bordering on becoming Bonny Pond.

Yep, the state government has been draining it to satisfy some weird water contract that Colorado has with Kansas. If the rivers that flow out of Colorado don't' have enough water to satisfy Kansas, I guess Kansas can say, "Hey, just give us the water in