The authors of a new memo say that states need to take shared water cutbacks to manage the Colorado River going forward.

National water conservation groups filed a legal petition Tuesday asking the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to stop downstream ...

Hydrologists say that hotter temperatures have been drying out soils and vegetation in the west, leading to less water ...

What a difference a month makes. The forecast for how much water will flow this year into Lake Powell, a bellwether reservoir ...

The current rules for dividing the river's shrinking water supply among the seven states that rely on it expire in 2026.

In response to the expiring rules for sharing the Colorado River, the authors of a new memo say states need to take shared ...

The mountains that feed the Colorado River with snowmelt are strikingly dry, with many ranges holding less than 50% of their ...

The U.S. Department of Interior said Wednesday it extended more than a dozen contracts with water-rights holders in ...

Is wasteful water use causing shortages? The Natural Resources Defense Council is urging the U.S. government to enforce a ...

The 1,450-mile Colorado River provides drinking water ... the region is divided into the upper and lower basins: Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico; and California, Nevada and Arizona.

The United States resumed water deliveries to Mexico after initially denying the request for the emergency transfer from the ...

The federal forecast for 55% of normal April to July runoff into Lake Powell means this year’s runoff could be the second lowest in the past six ...