$100 million settlement allows Colorado reservoir projects to move forward, ending decades of dispute
Communities supporting a $2 billion water supply project in northern Colorado — which will create two new reservoirs — have ...
At odds over water cuts, Colorado River states still seek consensus as deadline nears
The Rocky Mountain states say they don't have water to give. The Southwest says it can't save the Colorado River on its own.
Feds throw a monkey wrench into the plan to limp Lake Mead through 2026 | Opinion
The feds have injected needless uncertainty into a plan to stabilize Lake Mead through 2026. That helps exactly no one in ...
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Why Western water managers are preparing for a 'nuclear option' in Colorado River negotiations
As Arizona’s record-dry winter continues, Western water managers are quietly preparing for what many have called a “nuclear ...
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Colorado snowpack, after a dry January, is near normal in north — and dismal in some places
Water-supply forecasts in the Upper Colorado River Basin — above Lake Powell — are more promising than in the Lower Basin. A dry January across the basin erased the gains from early December ...
Colorado Network: Durango's 'Western Water Girl' brings Colorado River issues to TikTok
Teal Lehto is the first to describe herself as chronically online. The 27-year-old Durango content creator has carved out a ...
Colorado River negotiators express urgency, uncertainty as deadline nears
Lead negotiators from the Colorado River’s Upper Basin states expressed a dual sense of uncertainty and urgency on Tuesday, as a deadline to determine the fate of the entire system looms ...
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Colorado River water managers in the Upper Basin want monthly drought meetings with feds
The three reservoirs are part of the Colorado River Storage Project, and the federal government ... due to 2020’s hot and dry ...
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Colorado River states stare down the ‘looming specter’ of a Supreme Court battle
States that use the Colorado River say they don't want to go to the Supreme Court, but some are quietly preparing for ...
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Feds throw a monkey wrench into the plan to limp Lake Mead through 2026 | Opinion
Maybe they haven’t noticed in D.C., but it’s mighty dry along the Colorado River, with runoff only projected around 70% of average this year. Hobbs kills GOP election bill, and Arizona ...