The Colorado River Basin is, quite literally, 50 feet away from collapse, and an agreement to save it is nowhere in sight.

At a key meeting to discuss the river's future management, federal officials lay out tools for dealing with falling reservoir levels.

Lake Mead makes an unexpected gain, stashing water that wasn’t needed during California rains. A deal appears to be far off ...

At the annual Colorado River conference in Las Vegas, federal officials pressured states to reach a deal before a looming February deadline, saying: "The time to act is now." ...

Farms and cities use so much of the Colorado River's water that little remains for the river's own ecosystem. Will ...

The report notes that the vast challenges are straining the relationships among the seven basin states that include Utah, ...

Next door, Colorado’s lead negotiator, Becky Mitchell, had framed her own message for the Southwestern states. Ranchers and ...

A federal district court judge ruled last week that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated the National Environmental Protection Act and the Clean Water Act when it approved expanding a Colorado ...

These reductions are real. In 2023, Arizona, California and Nevada used only 5.8 million acre-feet of Colorado River water – their lowest combined annual consumption since 1983. The Lower Basin’s ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Driven in part by the ongoing western megadrought, the foundation governing how Colorado River water is shared may be cracking, threatening drinking water ...

The clock is ticking on the Colorado River. The seven states that use its water are nearing a 2026 deadline to come up with new rules for sharing its shrinking supplies. After more than a year of ...

A judge has sided with a Western Slope water district in a dispute with Denver Water over a problem dam in Grand County. In its 2021 complaint, Denver Water accused the Colorado River Water ...