California and six other states that use water from the Colorado River are nearing a 2026 deadline to come up with new rules for sharing shrinking supplies.

The last time Henderson and the Las Vegas Valley Water District conducted testing was 2022, so the latest report reflects old ...

More than 90 years after it was created during the Great Depression, Lake Mead provides about 90% of the water supply in Southern Nevada. And while much of the focus is on the lake shrinking, those ...

Nevada game wardens and the National Park Service will be out in force July 4-6 in a cooperative effort to shut down drinking ...

Lake Mead has dropped about 2 feet since the beginning of June as drought conditions continue to worsen across Nevada.

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

A report shows that both Mead and Powell have "reached alarmingly low levels, holding just one-third of their usual capacity.

Learn more about the volcanic ash researchers found in the sediment around Lake Mead's now exposed shoreline, and how it ...

Western states have pumped a Lake Mead’s worth of groundwater in recent years. What does that mean for those relying on the shrinking Colorado River?

Arizona’s water chief is offering a new path out of the morass in Colorado River negotiations — a proposal to tie future ...

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

The long-term drying of the American Southwest poses a gathering and measurable threat to hydropower generation in the Colorado River basin. Should Lake Mead, the reservoir formed by Hoover Dam, ...