States that use Colorado River water need to agree on new rules for sharing it by 2026. If they don't, they will likely end ...

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.

States that use Colorado River water need to agree on new rules for sharing it by 2026. If they don't, they will likely end ...

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, ...

Critics across Nevada argue that the move would further deplete Southern Nevada’s water supply and add more sprawl without a guarantee for more affordable housing.

LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, Nevada — The white “bathtub ring” the shrinking Colorado River has left behind on the beige rocks behind Hoover Dam shows the growing urgency of acting ...