This state park near Taos offers a fantastic natural retreat with stunning palisades, camping options, hiking trails, and ...

State negotiators are meeting more often. The Colorado River is a critical source of water for Arizona, providing 36% of the state’s water, according to the Arizona Department of Water Resources.

Colorado River states still have no unified long-term management plan and ‘are just about out of time,’ experts warn Current operation guidelines for the Colorado River, which provides water ...

The Colorado River is starting to swell with spring runoff, but just a few months ago, Avi Stopper clocked a gap in the Western United States' most important water supply. Stopper was driving back ...

If a Colorado city wants to bring kayakers and their money to town, they can throw some big rocks in the river and apply for a recreational in-channel diversion, or RICD. Basically, if the river is ...

As the Colorado River’s reservoirs have declined, even larger amounts of groundwater have been drained from aquifers. Using satellite data, scientists have estimated the vast water losses.

If Arizona’s Colorado River water allocation was cut to zero, “we could burn through the available groundwater in 50 years,” Famiglietti said. “We’re talking about decades. That’s scary.

Water from the Colorado River flows through the East Highline Canal on its way to farms in the Imperial Valley on June 20, 2023. (File photo by Alex Hager/KUNC) ...

Environmental groups filed a petition calling on the Trump administration to strictly enforce a regulation that requires ‘beneficial’ use of Colorado River water. The measure, which could be ...

The Colorado River Basin’s groundwater supplies are dwindling, thanks to a combination of both natural events and human pumping activities, a new study has found. The critical Western system has ...

Arizona officials present details of a new proposal to share future shortages on the Colorado River. The "supply-driven" solution would base allocations on the river's actual flows, not on storage ...