The 2009 U.S. Geological Survey report indicated that half of the salt in the upper Colorado River comes from Mancos Shale ...

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

“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 ...

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 ...

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.

The state drought monitor shows that 64% of the basin is now abnormally dry, and there has been widespread snowpack and drought condition degradation. “The whole state moved from 77% experiencing no ...

Three of Colorado’s top water experts hammered home the idea that Colorado’s water situation id precarious, at best, and ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...