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

Satellite imagery captured by Landsat 7, a joint mission of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA, show a stark ...

What a difference a month makes. The March 24-month forecast, which predicts reservoir levels along the Colorado River for the next two years, had Lake Mead on a steady trajectory downward.. The ...

New data shows that water levels in major reservoirs including Lakes Mead and Powell are well below average for this time of ...

That’s especially troubling, since both Lake Mead and Lake Powell are only a third full now. “Overall, we know we have a very significant gap between supply and demand, and we’ve been getting away ...

Under the agreement, water entities in California will also commit to conserve 399,153 acre-feet of water in Lake Mead by 2026. The Colorado River reservoir, which straddles the borders of Arizona ...

Looming Lake Mead disaster: How Colorado River cities are preparing for shortages. ... The city and surrounding Clark County take about 90% of their water from the river at Lake Mead.

In July, Lake Mead’s water level reached an all-time low of 1,040 feet. Lake Powell, the other key reservoir on the Colorado River, also reached historic lows last year.

The homeowners’ association there, like many that govern such developments dating to the 1980s and 1990s, was still sprinkling Colorado River water on about 50,000 square feet of turf this year.

Lake Mead-sized void in Colorado River A boat cruises along the Colorado River near Horseshoe Bend on April 18, 2023, in Page, Ariz. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images ...

The homeowners’ association there, like many that govern such developments dating to the 1980s and 1990s, was still sprinkling Colorado River water on about 50,000 square feet of turf this year.

Negotiators from seven Colorado River basin states in recent weeks have said they're discussing a plan that would base the amount of water released from Lake Mead and Lake Powell on the river's flows.