The Colorado River Basin has been in a prolonged drought. This means less water is available for Central Arizona agricultural ...

The current system by which Colorado River water is allocated expires at the ... with the lower division absorbing the bulk of the cuts of an additional 1.5 million acre-feet.

March 8, 2024 The Colorado River provides water for cities from Denver to Los ... require the lower states to shoulder the burden of the cuts, while the lower basin’s proposal would spread ...

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

State negotiators may claim that they want to find solutions for an imperiled Colorado River. But their actions at a recent conference say otherwise.

LAS VEGAS — The states that share the shrinking Colorado River are at an impasse over how to divvy up painful water-use ...

State water officials lobbed pointed ... losses in any year when the water stored in all Colorado River reservoirs falls to 58%. Additional cuts would kick in at 38% capacity, rising as high ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Colorado River below Davis Dam will be reduced to less than a third of its normal flow from Dec. 16 through Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

As the West continues to grapple with an ongoing megadrought, officials are starting to search for water sources outside ...

The Colorado River is split into four upper basin states ... proposals submitted by conservation organizations, which would cut water use and create a new method to account for conserved water ...

In the Upper Colorado River Basin, which includes Colorado ... the search for ways to cut water use — or use water more efficiently — becomes more critical. “The grand theory is if we ...

The announcement coincided with the first day of the Colorado River Water Users Association's annual conference in Las Vegas ... The Lower Basin has already committed to cuts, including California's 1 ...