The clock is ticking on the Colorado River. The seven states that use its water are nearing a 2026 deadline to come up with ...

After months of stalemate, glimmers of hope have emerged for consensus on a new plan to manage the shrinking Colorado River.

The seven states that share the Colorado River are floating a new concept for how water could be shared in the future, ...

States in the upper and lower halves of the Colorado River basin have spent the last few months negotiating how water cuts ...

Mitchell and Kenney did talk about Mead and Powell, the two big reservoirs in the basin, as all Colorado River conversations ...

State water leaders appear to be coalescing behind a new proposal for sharing the Colorado River after talks were stuck in a ...

The Southwest and Rocky Mountain states are reviewing a plan that could split Colorado River water based on actual flows, not storage.

Applying a market-based approach to Colorado River management could ensure more robust and reliable supplies for farmers, communities and the environment, a new study has found. Without considerable ...

The Lower Basin states of Arizona, California and Nevada fully developed their half of the 15 million acre-feet that the 1922 Colorado River Compact granted them and have had to cut back. The four ...

These are volatile times on the Colorado River, even if water levels in Lake Mead and Lake Powell are relatively stable.. The rules expire at the end of 2026 that spell out how much water stays in ...

A market-based approach to managing water in the Colorado River basin could provide more reliable supplies for farmers, ...

California and six other states that use water from the Colorado River are nearing a 2026 deadline to come up with new rules for sharing shrinking supplies.