Many of California’s reservoirs have filled nearly to capacity this year with runoff from the ample snowpack in the Sierra Nevada. But the situation is very different along the Colorado River, another ...
In 2014 and 2015, Owen followed the Colorado River, from its headwaters just over the Continental Divide in northern Colorado, to where it winds down as a dry ditch in the Gulf of California at the ...
Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper stood right beside the flowing Colorado River as he responded to concerns about its future from water conservation leaders on the Western Slope. The senator’s Tuesday ...
On the headwaters of the Colorado River, water managers fear they are on the brink of a system failure as drought and climate change rewrite the old rules. Winter snowpack is no longer a reliable ...
Utah and the six other states that rely upon the Colorado River on Tuesday failed to reach an agreement on how to manage the drought-stricken waterway that supplies water to 40 million people. The ...
Water from the Colorado River and its tributaries irrigates farms, sprinkles lawns and quenches the thirst of millions across Utah and the greater Southwest. While only 27% of the state’s water comes ...
New research based on satellite data shows the depletion of groundwater in the Colorado River Basin far exceeds losses from the river’s reservoirs. Scientists say overpumping is leading to alarmingly ...
After months of little progress and public battles, negotiators from the seven Colorado River states may have regained their footing toward a shortage-sharing agreement. Officials say the Trump ...
UPDATE: Lower Colorado River access could be restored as soon as Tuesday after being cut off Monday ...