Arizona water officials are releasing cold water from Lake Powell to lower water temperatures in the Colorado River and protect the threatened humpback chub fish from an invasive species.

such as the Glen Canyon Institute (GCI), propose drastic measures like draining Lake Powell to address the diminishing flow of the Colorado River. However, Arizona's top water official ...

After years of studying and experimenting with pilot programs, the future of Colorado River management will almost certainly ...

Latest estimates place the Upper Colorado River Basin snowpack at just 83 percent of the historic median for this time of year.

Languages: English. Federal forecasts reveal that water flows into Lake Powell are expected to be only 76 percent of the seasonal norm this year, a drop from the 81 percent prediction made earlier ...

That water then flows into Lake Powell. But lackluster January precipitation led snowpack to decline in those states. Last month, snow levels above Lake Powell were 94% of average. (“Average ...

Overall precipitation that includes rainfall, however, has been poor above Lake Powell since ... Utah State University water researcher. At that time, federal and state officials were deeply ...

Federal officials recently reported damage to ... The dam is responsible for generating hydropower and releasing water stored in Lake Powell downstream to California, Arizona, Nevada and ...

According to Aspen Journalism, Upper Basin officials are developing and refining a plan for how water should be released from ...

Upper Basin officials have submitted refinements to their March 2024 plan for how water should be released from Lake Powell and Lake Mead, and how shortages should be shared after the current ...