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

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

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 ...

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir along the Colorado River, has been shrinking due to climate change and overconsumption of water, exposing boats like this one. Mario Tama/Getty Images ...

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.

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.

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 data can be visualized using an interactive map by the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, ... In July 2022, Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the U.S., ...

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.

The Colorado River Basin Has Lost Enough Groundwater Alone To Fill Lake Mead Groundwater is running out at 2.4 times the speed of surface water. Dr. Katie Spalding ...