An archive of news on the Colorado River’s drought, shrinking reservoirs, and efforts to craft a new management plan for seven states and Mexico post-2026.
by Ariana Figueroa, Nevada Current Experts in government, agriculture, water management and the environment stressed during a U.S. Senate hearing on Wednesday the danger that droughts fueled by climate change pose in the West, including the Colorado River Basin. During...
Over the past 1,000 years, the North American Southwest has endured nine megadroughts averaging nearly 32 years in length, while the South American Southwest saw 12 megadroughts lasting an average of 21 years. By Jon Parton, Courthouse News Service La...
BuRec’s first-ever declared water shortage prompts calls for a policy rethink by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current As drought and climate change threatens the Colorado River, the federal government officially declared the first-ever water shortage in the Colorado River Basin on...
A Bureau of Reclamation report released Monday triggered a Tier 1 shortage among river water users, with Arizona farmers taking the biggest hit. By Brad Poole, Courthouse News Service Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will get less Colorado River water next...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current There are cheaper, more efficient ways to meet the water needs of a growing population in Southern Utah than a pipeline from Lake Powell, argue the project’s opponents. The proposed Lake Powell pipeline would consist...
