Desc: Beyond the Mirage: The Future of Water in the West: Directed by Cody Sheehy. With Robert Glennon, Jon Kyl, Pat Mulroy, Lester Snow. A water crisis has California in headlines across the country, but the untold story is that a water shortage is dogging all of the states in the Colorado River Basin. Beyond the Mirage: The Future of Water in the West reveals new technologies and challenges old ideas through interwoven stories that connect the Colorado snowpack to the bright lights of Las Vegas; presents the challenges facing and competition between the desert cities of Arizona, California and Nevada and potential solutions being developed in Israel and China.