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

The Lower Colorado River Basin states — Nevada, Arizona and California — remain in a Tier 1 water shortage and Lake Mead is expected to drop below 1,058 feet as August arrives this year.

Read more: Plan Ahead for Emergencies The storm improved the state's snowpack levels, particularly those in the Upper ...

As Lake Mead’s water level continues to fall amid ... “If Las Vegas hadn’t done that, the rest of us in the Colorado River basin would be in this terrible problem.” Recent cutbacks While ...

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.

The Interior Department will consider five options as it works to develop a new framework to govern Colorado River water cuts ...

This work is motivated by and could assist the upcoming renegotiation of the Colorado River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead.