Low snow totals across the Colorado River basin are threatening to shrink major reservoirs and making water managers anxious.

The Department of the Interior called seven governors to Washington to try to push the states closer to a joint plan by Feb. 14.

The states along the Colorado River are proving the truth of the famous adage often attributed to Mark Twain: "Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over." At the end of the year, the current ...

CEDAREDGE, CO — Grand Mesa’s hulking south flank appeared green and brown through the windshield as a crew of state water regulators rode up its dirt roads to christen a fraught 2025 irrigation season ...

With the seven basin states locked in a stalemate over Colorado River negotiations, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released its draft of options for managing the basin’s water supply. The states now ...

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and state water official head to Washington to argue for fair cuts in Colorado River supply amidst negotiations.

As the seven Colorado River Basin states haggle over the future of water allocations, authors of a new report on groundwater argue that equal attention should be paid to the water beneath our feet.

Leaders of the system which brings Colorado River water to Phoenix and Tucson say cutbacks outlined in federal plans would harm the area.