Melting snow from California's Sierra Nevada is filling reservoirs. But dry conditions have shrunk the flow of the Colorado ...

As the Colorado River’s reservoirs have declined, even larger amounts of groundwater have been drained from aquifers. Using ...

The Colorado River Basin lost an alarming amount of groundwater over the past 20 years, a new study found. Nearly 28 million acre-feet of water has been depleted from the region, nearly the volume of ...

As the Colorado River shrinks due to drought and climate change, the negotiators must decide who will take less water — and they need to do so in the next few months.

Key agreements that adapt the century-old Colorado River Compact to the strains of modern climate change are set to expire ...

Farmers and ranchers in Western Colorado rely heavily on the Colorado River to irrigate their crops. Groups like the Colorado ...

Concerningly low amounts of water are flowing from the Rocky Mountain snowpack this spring, a summer of drought looms across ...

Even-steven. That was the intent of delegates from the seven basin states in 1922 when they met near Santa Fe to forge a ...

Even-steven. That was the intent of delegates from the seven basin states in 1922 when they met near Santa Fe to forge a ...

Denver, Aurora, Colorado Springs and Northern Water voiced opposition Wednesday to the Western Slope’s proposal to spend $99 ...

The Colorado River Basin’s groundwater supplies are dwindling, thanks to a combination of both natural events and human pumping activities, a new study has found. The critical Western system ...

As the amount of water in the Colorado River shrinks, more farms and cities are turning to groundwater, which is less ...