Scientists studying the volcanic landscape of the Cascade Range found that an aquifer has nearly three times as much water as ...

Water managers aren’t in for the exceptional year they had hoped for, with snowpack across the West underperforming in the latest federal update, released Wednesday. In the Upper Colorado River Basin, ...

After years of studying and experimenting with pilot programs, the future of Colorado River management will almost certainly ...

Since 2021, a handful of Colorado River Basin tribes have significantly boosted water supply in Lake Mead through voluntary contributions, helping stabilize a crucial reservoir that 25 million people ...

A rocky start to the year has put water flows through America's second-largest reservoir on track to decline, unless ...

For the past few decades, water levels at Lake Mead have steadily declined as much ... manage the water crisis facing the Colorado River Basin. Since 1998, the lake has dropped over 170 feet.

According to Aspen Journalism, Upper Basin officials are developing and refining a plan for how water should be released from ...

In the Upper Colorado River Basin, where the majority of the ... situation about how to manage this diminishing water supply.” Lake Mead, the source of about 90 percent of the Las Vegas area ...

As the water levels have declined due to prolonged ... California has engaged more constructively with other Lower Basin states to conserve Lake Mead's levels. According to an announcement by ...

Human-driven climate change has sapped the equivalent of a full Lake Mead from the Colorado River Basin, according to new research in AGU’s journal Water Resources Research. Disclaimer ...

Arizona is gearing up for a potential legal showdown to safeguard its water rights amid growing tensions over the Colorado River's dwindling supply.

As of early February, the snow storage for our water system in the Southwest is at 76% of the 30 year average. Meanwhile, Tier 3 Extreme Drought persists in Southern Nevada.