The seven states that share the Colorado River are floating a new concept for how water could be shared in the future, ...

“There are extremely dry conditions across the Lower Colorado River Basin this winter,” Moser said. Forecasters now expect runoff into Lake Powell to be 67% of normal — down from the 81% ...

The Southwest and Rocky Mountain states are reviewing a plan that could split Colorado River water based on actual flows, not ...

Dry Colorado River Forecast Gets Drier Challenges ahead as snowpack fails to produce much runoff. by Brett Walton May 7, 2025 May 9, 2025. ... Lake Mead is shrinking, threatening a big drop in ...

A leading Colorado River Basin climate scientist told hundreds gathered for a conference ... The Upper Basin States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming have said their cuts come in the form of ...

The worst-case forecast has Lake Powell falling to low enough levels by the end of next year to halt electricity production ...

A top Interior Department official told negotiators they must have a plan by Nov. 11 or face the federal government taking ...

An official from Utah, during a Colorado River conference at CU Boulder last month, framed the consideration as a “divorce” ...

New details are emerging of what's being negotiated between the seven states who rely on the Colorado River — an "amicable ...

As the Colorado River’s reservoirs have declined, even larger amounts of groundwater have been drained from aquifers. Using satellite data, scientists have estimated the vast water losses.

The city is one of the largest in the Colorado River basin, but its share of the river is relatively small; when officials allocated the Colorado’s water to different states in 1922, no one ...

Colorado River Basin states are almost, sort of, close to a small compromise in their negotiations that focuses on matching ...