Nevada filed the Colorado River's most significant lawsuit in decades, and more could follow. Coloradans aren't directly affected, yet.

Lake Powell reached a record-low elevation in August 2026 after a dry winter and warm temperatures reduced Colorado River snowmelt, intensifying pressure on Southwest water supplies.

STOCKHOLM (August 27, 2026) — As some 2,000 experts gather for World Water Week to address global water challenges and solutions, Circle of Blue and True Elements today launch a new, live data, ...

The states along the Colorado River are proving the truth of the famous adage often attributed to Mark Twain: "Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over." At the end of the year, the current ...

The Colorado River basin has lost huge volumes of groundwater over the past two decades according to a new report from researchers at Arizona State University. Researchers used data from NASA ...

Concerningly low amounts of water are flowing from the Rocky Mountain snowpack this spring, a summer of drought looms across swaths of the West, and the negotiators tasked with devising a sustainable ...

There is a slow-motion catastrophe unfolding across the American West, and most people living inside its shadow don't fully realize it yet. The Colorado River, a 1,450-mile lifeline carved through ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Amid a devastating drought, Colorado’s labyrinthine water management rules have yielded a silver lining for rafters, kayakers and visitors seeking the thrill ...

The Colorado has been struggling for decades. This summer could bring it to the brink, threatening endangered wildlife and communities. There is not enough water flowing in the Colorado River to meet ...

For the 40 million people across seven states and two countries who depend on the Colorado River, 2026 is a turning point. Glen Canyon Dam, completed in 1963, was not designed to be operated at the ...