The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation should start planning to modify the Glen Canyon Dam, which plugs the Colorado to form Lake ...

As Colorado River states race to finish a deal, water users face a resource altered by drought and climate change.

The Colorado River Basin lost an alarming amount of groundwater over the past 20 years, a new study found. Nearly 28 million acre-feet of water has been depleted from the region, nearly the volume ...

That, they say, is clearly spelled out in the Colorado River Compact signed a century ago.. But the Upper Basin disagrees, saying it can’t provide what the river doesn’t produce. And that it ...

The Colorado River Basin’s groundwater supplies are dwindling, thanks to a combination of both natural events and human pumping activities, a new study has found. The critical Western system has ...

Applying a market-based approach to Colorado River management could ensure more robust and reliable supplies for farmers, communities and the environment, a new study has found. Without ...

If Arizona’s Colorado River water allocation was cut to zero, “we could burn through the available groundwater in 50 years,” Famiglietti said. “We’re talking about decades. That’s scary.

The Lower Colorado River Authority has opened flood gates at Buchanan Dam to prevent overflow, allowing water to flow into Inks Lake, while Lake Travis remains at its average level of 666 feet.