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

A report shows that both Mead and Powell have "reached alarmingly low levels, holding just one-third of their usual capacity." ...

Lake Mead, located in the Colorado River Basin, will operate at a Tier 1 shortage next year, an improvement over the current Tier 2 shortage, according to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

A study from Arizona State University has found that an amount of water comparable to Lake Mead has been lost from the ground in the period studied from April 2002 to October 2024. Allen J. Schaben ...

LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, Nevada — The white “bathtub ring” the shrinking Colorado River has left behind on the beige rocks behind Hoover Dam shows the growing urgency of acting on ...

Tens of millions of people rely on water from the nation's largest reservoir, which is part of the Colorado River Basin.

While it’s true that Las Vegas relies on surface water from Lake Mead for 90 percent of its supply, that’s an increasingly limited resource it shares with six other states, Native American ...

The Mead Pulp & Paper Co. was hitting on all cylinders 100 years ago and the new office building was just the latest evidence of its expansion.

In July 2022, Lake Mead was at its lowest: 1040 feet. As of Monday, it is at 1058 feet and dropping. “Drought and climate change have really taken a toll on the Colorado River Basin.