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 ...

OLATHE Water engineer Bob Hurford has a chart he often shares with communities in the Gunnison River Basin to drive home the ...

“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% ...

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 ...

Snowpack in the upper Colorado River basin is slightly less than normal for this time of year, meaning Arizona could see sustained water cuts through 2026.

Ross D. Franklin/AP The Colorado River in the upper River Basin is pictured in Lees Ferry, Ariz., on May 29, 2021. A new plan for managing an increasingly dry Colorado River is finally within sight.

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 ...

Through careful water rights administration, the Upper Basin reduces use by about 30% in dry years, living with the river we have. ... Climate change is already here in the Colorado River Basin.