Experts call for cutting water use along Colorado River
The Colorado River’s massive reservoirs are now so depleted that another dry year could send them plunging to…
Ten years after Gold King Mine spill, superfund cleanup is incomplete
Three million gallons of acidic mine drainage flooded into the Animas River basin 10 years ago, turning the…
Colorado drought intensifies as streamflows wither amid wildfires
Drought and long, hot summer days are sucking Western Colorado’s rivers dry, parching farm fields and fueling the…
The Earth is drying out and we need to act urgently (Opinion)
You might not believe it if you’ve experienced one of the flash floods hammering the planet from Texas to Vietnam this summer,…
Source of zebra mussels in Colorado River uncovered | Western Colorado
State officials may have solved the puzzle of how zebra mussels got into the Colorado River. On July…
Lake Powell forecasts show hydropower generation at risk
Federal officials reported Tuesday that the water level in Lake Powell, one of the main water storage reservoirs…
Colorado grants hearing over Colorado River water rights deal
Colorado’s top water board unanimously agreed Tuesday to hear out Front Range water operators’ concerns about a Western…
Hobbs signs law allowing farms to sell water to builders
Bob Christie Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — Legislation designed to save huge amounts of water by allowing farmers…
Report raises alarm on diminishing groundwater in the Colorado River Basin
As the seven Colorado River Basin states haggle over the future of water allocations, authors of a new…