Climate change is warming the North Pacific Ocean, leading weather patterns that drive drought in the U.S. Southwest to persist...
Agrivoltaic solar arrays can shade crops from sun while moisture from vegetation cools the panels to increase their productivity, researchers...
Two years ago, the Colorado River Lower Basin states united to conserve an extra 3 million acre-feet of water by 2026, aiming to stabilize Lake Powell and Lake Mead while crafting the post-2026 guidelines for managing the river. With last...
By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism The seven states that share the Colorado River are floating a new concept for how...
A new water market model for the Colorado River basin could improve water security and restore ecosystems amid intensifying shortages....
Conservationists demand that the state reevaluate the physical and legal availability of water taken by subdivisions from the San Pedro Riparian Conservation Area. By Joe Duhownik, Courthouse News Service Fifty-five southern Arizona subdivisions have been illegally siphoning water from federally...
Thirty federally recognized tribes lay claim to a fourth of the Colorado River, a vital water source for 40 million...
Key agreements that adapt the century-old Colorado River Compact to the strains of modern climate change are set to expire...
By Allen Best, Colorado Newsline Even-steven. That was the intent of delegates from the seven basin states in 1922 when they met near Santa Fe to forge a compact governing the Colorado River. But what exactly did they agree upon?...
Overuse and climate change are rapidly depleting groundwater throughout the region, but aquifers are not part of the negotiations among...
The Colorado River’s water future was a major topic on the agenda at the inaugural meeting of the Metropolitan’s Subcommittee...
By Daniel Crespo, Mehdi Nemati, Ariel Dinar, Zachary Frankel, and Nicholas Halberg, Giannini Foundation Of Agricultural Economics The Colorado River Basin (CRB) supplies approximately one-third of the water used by Southern California’s cities and suburbs while also supporting the region’s...
From Paloma Avila, Mehdi Nemati, Daniel Crespo, Ariel Dinar, Zachary Frankel, and Nicholas Halberg. Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics Federal...
Sen. John Hickenlooper said he’s frustrated at slow pace of negotiations By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Aspen Journalism is an...
By Claire Griffiths, UCLA States across the Colorado River Basin are squandering a critical opportunity to ease the region’s historic water crisis, according to a new report by UCLA and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The sweeping analysis reveals that...