Colorado snowpack, after a dry January, is near normal in north — and dismal in some places
A dry January across Colorado and the rest of the Rocky Mountain West has created a dichotomy of water haves and have-nots.
Vail Daily7d
Future water conservation program almost guaranteed in Upper Basin
After years of studying and experimenting with pilot programs, the future of Colorado River management will almost certainly ...
Vail Daily6d
The Colorado River is salty. But where does salinity come from, and what’s being done about it?
Of all the challenges facing the Colorado River, there’s at least one that all stakeholders are working on collaboratively, ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel24d
Congressional delays cause uncertainty for water conservation program
A federally funded water conservation program in the Upper Colorado River Basin is facing uncertainty for 2025 after the bill to authorize funding for it stalled in Congress late last year.
KTNV Las Vegas8d
Upper Colorado Basin Snowpack falls behind: Your February Water Status Check
As of early February, the snow storage for our water system in the Southwest is at 76% of the 30 year average. Meanwhile, Tier 3 Extreme Drought persists in Southern Nevada.
Hosted on MSN1mon
Wyoming’s Colorado River water rights in jeopardy without improved info, official warns
“The last 22 to 24 years are the driest, the least flow in that basin in over 1,000 years.” The 1922 Colorado River Compact requires upper division ... makes it to the alfalfa field ...
Agri-Pulse14d
Interior to look at five options for Colorado River framework
The Interior Department will consider five options as it works to develop a new framework to govern Colorado River water cuts after current guidelines expire in 2026, according to a new report ...
AZ Central27d
Colorado River snowpack offers little hope to end water cutbacks in Arizona in 2026
Snowpack in the upper Colorado River basin is slightly less than normal for this time of year, meaning Arizona could see sustained water cuts through 2026. Though trends could change through the ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal2mon
Water negotiators spar as time runs out to stabilize Colorado River
the amount of water known as the “structural deficit” that the river loses to evaporation and transport. The Upper Basin states of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming have argued that ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel9d
Future water conservation program almost guaranteed in Upper Basin
After years of studying and experimenting with pilot programs, the future of Colorado River management will almost certainly include a permanent water conservation program for the Upper Basin states.
Summit County7d
The Colorado River is salty. But where does salinity come from, and what’s being done about it?
The 2009 U.S. Geological Survey report indicated that half of the salt in the upper Colorado River comes from Mancos Shale formations throughout the basin and Eagle Valley Evaporite, a rock ...
The Aspen Times1mon
Aspen Journalism: Congressional delays cause uncertainty for water conservation program
A federally-funded water conservation program in the Upper Colorado River Basin is facing uncertainty for 2025 after the bill to authorize funding for it stalled in Congress late last year. On Friday, ...