A dry January across Colorado and the rest of the Rocky Mountain West has created a dichotomy of water haves and have-nots.

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — An early season forecast indicates Lake Powell will get only about 81% of its normal water flow because of dry conditions around much of the Upper Colorado River Basin.

Amid mounting challenges to Colorado’s water supply, lawmakers are seeking to upgrade the decades-old method of tracking the ...

The seven states that rely on water from the shrinking Colorado River are unlikely to agree to voluntarily make deep reductions in their water use, negotiators say, which would force the federal ...

This winter and spring are shaping up to be bad times for the Colorado River, with a federal forecast predicting flows into Lake Powell at barely three-fourths of normal. While snowpack has been ...

They contribute to Lake Powell, one of two big water bank accounts on the Colorado River. When I visited the reservoir in May 2022, water levels were dropping rapidly. The manager of Glen Canyon ...

There is an increasing need for skillful runoff season (i.e., spring) streamflow forecasts that extend beyond a 12-month lead time for water resources management, especially under multiyear droughts ...

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. Though trends could change through the ...