The drought crisis on the Colorado River looms large in California ... “Less water coming to the farmers, less water coming into the Salton Sea,” Mr. Ruiz said. “That’s just the pure ...

He reiterated that his water district is still willing to take part in the Colorado River deal – “but it can only do so if it is satisfied that there’s a 10-year road map for the Salton Sea ...

Becky Mitchell, Colorado’s lead Colorado River negotiator, delivered a peek into the dispute among states at a forum in ...

Overuse and climate change are rapidly depleting groundwater throughout the region, but aquifers are not part of the ...

Those farms have a single source of water: the Colorado River. The Salton ... and the river flooded into the historic lakebed of Lake Cahuilla. Since then, the sea has been fed by agricultural ...

when the Colorado River flowed freely into Mexico and created a vast, fertile, wildlife-rich delta before finally draining into the Sea of Cortez. The Indigenous Cucapah thrived there, as did ...

With less water running off fields and into the sea, growing stretches of dry lakebed ... who receive the single largest share of Colorado River water. While the growers adamantly oppose leaving ...

A newly published study finds that California's Salton Sea emits hydrogen sulfide, a toxic and foul-smelling gas, at rates ...

From the metal trap, he dropped a thumb-sized fish into a bucket ... Last week, during high tide, this piece of the Colorado River finally reached the sea again. At UCSD, the Costco Club pays ...

“It’s sad to see the mighty Colorado River come to a dribble and end some 50 miles north of the sea.” With over 150 golf courses and a continuing expansion into the desert, greater Phoenix ...

The Colorado River no longer reaches the sea. The river winds down the mountains ... Where the water once coursed into the Gulf of California is now a dry and drained estuary.

“It’s also calcium, magnesium, potassium, sulfate, bicarbonate — all these other compounds that dissolve into the water contribute to salinity,” Hoblitzell said. The Colorado River transports ...