The Upper Colorado River Commission has issued a statement advocating that every state in the Colorado River Basin works for a practical, clear-eyed approach to water management following last month's ...

A program in Utah is paying farmers to make their irrigation equipment more efficient, but researchers say it may not be saving as much water as it appears.

Nearly two hours east of Grand Junction on a remote dirt road on the Grand Mesa is a nondescript, shallow, sage-brush-covered ...

Dreaming of a white Christmas? Just like the one that helped Lake Mead? Forget snow angels in Las Vegas. We're talking water ...

For more than half a century, the seven Colorado River Basin states and the Bureau of Reclamation have cooperatively managed the Colorado River by adhering to the commitments outlined in the 1922 ...

It’s something that has been going on for years across the Colorado River Basin. Now, Utah is launching its version of that effort. The new multimillion-dollar plan incentivizes conservation and ...

More information: David F. Gold et al, Exploring the Spatially Compounding Multi‐Sectoral Drought Vulnerabilities in Colorado's West Slope River Basins, Earth's Future (2024). DOI: 10.1029 ...

Lower Basin water managers say all seven states that use the Colorado River must share cuts under the driest conditions, while Upper Basin officials maintain they already take cuts in dry years ...

Top water officials for the seven Colorado River Basin states — Arizona, California, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming — gathered for the Colorado River Water Users Association ...

published research this year that suggested the Colorado River basin is likely to receive more precipitation in the next 25 years, meaning more water in the river. Rajagopalan’s research found ...