California, Arizona and Nevada are urging the Trump administration to change course on the Colorado River. The states are ...
A heavy dusting of snow — or the lack of it — can set the tone for water availability in dry desert states like Nevada. While ...
Elizabeth Koebele, an associate professor at University of Nevada, Reno who studies ... feet starting next year to buoy levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell. The Bureau of Reclamation in recent ...
Lake Powell serves as a critical water source for ... which supplies Arizona, California and Nevada. Persistent low flows could exacerbate challenges already posed by growing demand and climate ...
Lake Powell is currently at its low point for the water year at just 32% full. Snowpack in the Colorado Basin is usually at its highest in early April before it melts into the Colorado River, which ...
Lake Powell and Lake Mead. Both reservoirs — which store water for users in Arizona, California and Nevada — are about a third full and rely on snowmelt from the river basin upstream to be ...
A string of storms in California and Nevada brought some moisture back to the West this winter, improving snowpack in the ...
The mountains in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming saw a cluster of storms last month that aided their snowpack levels.
He also pointed to data showing that more water was released downstream from Lake Powell to Lake Mead in August ... to our water supply,” said Nevada State Climatologist and University of ...
Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam in Page, Ariz., in October 2023. (Bernie Friel / Getty Images) ...
Reservoir storage in Lake Mead and Lake Powell is also at just 36% of capacity. The Spring Mountains in Southern Nevada — the biggest source of groundwater for the region — finally got the ...