The Bureau of Reclamation announced Friday it aims to reduce Lake Powell water releases to 6 million acre-feet, the lowest amount in decades.

Arizona and other states are stuck in negotiations about sharing the river's water. Some have proposed breaking the ...

Runoff into the Colorado is at near record-low levels, and a new report calls out the need for emergency action.

Water users in the Colorado Basin deserve a modern allocation system. Australia has a blueprint that is thriving.

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 ...

We’re not looking at an incremental step here,” said Brad Udall of Colorado State University. “We’re looking at a complete ...

The Colorado River begins as snow. Every spring, the mountain snowpack of the Rockies melts into streams that feed into reservoirs that supply 40 million people across seven U.S. states. The system ...

PHOENIX – A Feb. 14 deadline came and went without Arizona and the other Colorado River basin states coming to terms on a new operating agreement amid historic drought conditions. One day before the ...

Following the Colorado River Basin states’ failure to reach an agreement, the future of the river and management of its two critical reservoirs now rest in the hands of the federal government.

An unprecedented March heatwave has forecasters shrinking already-low estimates for how much water will flow into the ...