Lake Powell sits on the border of Arizona and Utah. The massive reservoir attracts vacationers each year, while some own ...

Hydrologists said in December that Lake Powell’s runoff would be 92% of average. In January, the forecast dropped to 81%, ...

In the meantime, Lake Powell – the country’s second-largest reservoir – has struggled to serve even the places it currently provides water to. Last week it sank to the lowest water level ...

But that decent snowpack, after melting, hasn’t filled reservoirs like Lake Mead and Lake Powell as much as water users across the West might like, due to years of drought and overuse.

Fly over the striking desert waters of Lake Powell, where red rock canyons meet vivid blue water in a surreal landscape ...

Weeks after the surface of Lake Powell sunk to an all-time low, the key Colorado River reservoir is rising more than a foot a day — on track to deepen by some 70 feet in the coming months.

LAKE POWELL, Utah — Muddy water whizzed past as John Weisheit steered a motorboat upstream in the Colorado River. He revved the engine as the boat sped around a bend and up a riffle. All along ...

The massive lake acts like a savings bank for water users, but the account balance is low enough to make officials from across the West nervous Coloradans might know of Lake Powell from sun-filled ...

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