The Colorado River basin has lost a Lake Mead’s worth of water in the last 20 years — and scientists say we’re passing a "critical point" where pumping groundwater will become too expensive.

It’s a staggering fact, especially after our region has experienced a multi-year drought. Nearly every major river basin in South Central Texas has experienced flooding since July 4, 2025.

U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper’s bipartisan Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act, was passed in the Senate, aiming to extended the System Conservation Pilot Program that all… ...

In a separate analysis, the researchers found that total water losses across the Colorado River Basin have accelerated significantly, with the rate of depletion from 2015-2024 averaging roughly ...

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.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -The future of the Colorado River Basin was the hot topic for several western Colorado entities on Monday. The Colorado Basin Roundtable is a group of stakeholders who ...