The closing act of CRWUA 2025 was an orderly (and familiar) report from each of the basin states’ principal negotiators that ...

A new February deadline for a Colorado River deal is likely the last chance for the seven basin states to decide how to share ...

The battle over one of the Colorado River’s oldest, non-consumptive water rights continued this week during a 14-hour Colorado Water Conservation Board hearing over whether the rights could be used ...

PHOENIX – Seven states, including Arizona, missed Tuesday’s federally imposed deadline for a preliminary agreement on how to reduce Colorado River water usage after the current deal expires next year.

The seven states that rely on the Colorado River to supply farms and cities across the U.S. West appear no closer to reaching a consensus on a long-term plan for sharing the dwindling resource.The ...

DUCHESNE, Utah — New information is emerging about what's being negotiated between the seven states who rely on the Colorado River: an "amicable divorce" between the Upper and Lower Basins. At a ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The clock is ticking down to a federal deadline Tuesday for California and six other Western states to reach the broad ...

Western Slope elected officials, water managers, engineers, and conservationists met in Grand Junction on Friday, Oct. 3, all focused on one thing: the uncertain future of the Colorado River. “Water ...

“We cannot negotiate with people who say what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.”— John F. Kennedy Representatives of the seven U.S. states — including Utah — that live on the water ...

The Colorado River accounts for approximately one-third of Southern California’s water supply, while the rest comes from Northern California and local sources. Most of what California draws from the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... An “essential” Colorado River water conservation program faces dual threats as the new Trump administration attempts to freeze its funding and a lapse in ...

(The Center Square) - Colorado environmental leaders approved landmark water protections in reaction to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that they believed weakened regulations in Western states. The ...