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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.
KEYSTONE LAKE, Okla. — Many businesses on Keystone Lake are feeling the impact of having to close because of high water ...
More than 90 years after it was created during the Great Depression, Lake Mead provides about 90% of the water supply in Southern Nevada. And while much of the focus is on the lake shrinking, those ...
A report shows that both Mead and Powell have "reached alarmingly low levels, holding just one-third of their usual capacity." ...
Learn more about the volcanic ash researchers found in the sediment around Lake Mead’s now exposed shoreline, and how it ...
The seven states that share the Colorado River are floating a new concept for how water could be shared in the future, marking forward progress after a long standoff between the Upper Basin and ...
Concerns that reservoirs could reach deadpool levels in the next few years are very real, with water levels down 20 percent ...
States that use Colorado River water need to agree on new rules for sharing it by 2026. If they don't, they will likely end ...
Arizona’s water chief is offering a new path out of the morass in Colorado River negotiations — a proposal to tie future ...
While snowpack was 92% of average, only 54% of average runoff made it into Lake Powell. Central Arizona Project Analyst Nolie ...
The worst-case forecast has Lake Powell falling to low enough levels by the end of next year to halt electricity production ...
The long-term drying of the American Southwest poses a gathering and measurable threat to hydropower generation in the Colorado River basin. Should Lake Mead, the reservoir formed by Hoover Dam, ...