The Colorado River provides water for farms and homes across the region, but dropping levels at Lake Powell and Glen Canyon ...

The Colorado River is the lifeline of the southwest. However, after more than two decades of drought, water levels have ...

The Laguna Dam, the first dam built on the Colorado River, played a crucial role in shaping the region's water management and infrastructure. Join us as we visit this historic site, exploring its ...

"Using the hydrology of the Colorado River Basin since the 1990s no longer provides the same usefulness in predicting what ...

Giant dams built to conserve the Colorado River have nearly wiped out nearby native cottonwood trees, causing big ecosystem disruption. Tiny dams built to mimic those built by beavers could bring them ...

As the first dam on the Colorado River, Laguna Dam was a turning point in Western development. Completed in 1909, it reshaped water use in the Southwest and paved the way for the 14 dams that ...

More than 60 dams across California are considered to be in poor condition, according to an analysis by the Hearst Television ...

As for the minimum power pool at Powell, that’s the level at which hydroelectricity can no longer be generated. Some 16 municipal and cooperative electrical utilities in Colorado get power from the ...

Representatives of California, Arizona and Nevada are urging the Trump administration to take a different approach in confronting the problems of the water-starved Colorado River.

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 ...

The Glen Canyon Dam rises in the desert along the Colorado River on April 18, 2023, in Page, Ariz. In a new letter to the feds, the Lower Basin states of Nevada, California and Arizona stress ...

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 ...