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

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

Learn more about the volcanic ash researchers found in the sediment around Lake Mead’s now exposed shoreline, and how it ...

An official from Utah, during a Colorado River conference at CU Boulder last month, framed the consideration as a “divorce” ...

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

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 ...

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.

Lake Mead has dropped about 2 feet since the beginning of June as drought conditions continue to worsen across Nevada.

We have, in fact, gone far above and beyond.” The Colorado River Compact of 1922 divvied up water between the seven states, with Nevada allowed to use the smallest share by far.

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 ...

Arizona’s water chief is offering a new path out of the morass in Colorado River negotiations — a proposal to tie future ...