Deep below the surface of the ground in one of the driest parts of the country, there is a looming problem: The water is ...

It amounts to a third of the state's entire Colorado River allocation and enough water to supply the city of Denver for 38 years. Defenders of factory farming have argued the practice is necessary ...

Snowpack across the entire Upper Colorado River Basin sits at 95% of median as the winter draws to a close, according to a report released this week by the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center.

Water managers in Arizona, California and Nevada have agreed on a plan to cut their water use by well over a third of the entire traditional flow of the Colorado River through the seven states ...

The Colorado River has been overused and drought-ridden for years.The seven states that rely on the river are in the midst of negotiations to decide how to operate the river and its reservoirs ...

Collectively, these measurements offer a detailed map of the character and contents of Colorado River water as it travels from Rocky Mountain National Park to the canyonlands. “What we’re trying to do ...

about 3% of the Colorado River’s entire flow in the Lower Basin. Most of the water they use goes to growing hay. Southern Nevada, which relies on the Colorado River for almost all of its water ...

data-driven solution to the Colorado River’s challenges. Our proposal benefits the entire basin by aligning uses and operations with actual water supply and includes voluntary conservation in ...

“We’re the first inhabitants of this entire river,” she said, noting her ancestral homeland included a large swath of the Colorado River basin. A formal agreement signed in April between the ...