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

The study found that groundwater losses in the Colorado River basin were 2.4 times greater than the amount of water lost from the surfaces of Lake Powell, Lake Mead, and a number of other smaller ...

Collectively, these measurements offer a detailed map of the character and contents of Colorado River water as it travels from Rocky Mountain National Park to the canyonlands. “What we’re trying to do ...

The podcast Parched, from Colorado Public Radio, looks at the Colorado River, the people who rely on the river, and those who have ideas to save it. Accessibility links Skip to main content ...

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.

The Mystery of the Colorado River’s Missing Water Snow is falling—but it doesn’t show up to replenish the river. In a drying West, researchers are racing to find out where it goes.

Across four states, federal and state officials monitor and operate more than 125 snow measurement sites, 325 real-time streamgages, 20,000 water diversions, 22 large dams, nine eddy covariance ...

Nearly half the water drawn from the Colorado River goes to grow feed for beef and dairy cows. Researchers say modest changes in American diets could help the river — and the climate.

A version of this story originally appeared in Big Pivots. Even-steven. That was the intent of delegates from the seven basin states in 1922 when they met near Santa Fe ...

The study found that groundwater losses in the Colorado River basin were 2.4 times greater than the amount of water lost from the surfaces of Lake Powell, Lake Mead, and a number of other smaller ...