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...
The bill will allow farmers to exchange land and water rights with urban developers to decrease water use and increase affordable housing. By Joe Dohownik, Courthouse News Service In a bipartisan compromise between state lawmakers and the executive branch, Arizona...
Two years ago, the Colorado River Lower Basin states united to conserve an extra 3 million acre-feet of water by...
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. By Josie Garthwaite, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability A market-based approach to managing water in the Colorado River basin could...
Conservationists demand that the state reevaluate the physical and legal availability of water taken by subdivisions from the San Pedro...
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 next year, with no replacement plan in sight. By Amanda Pampuro, Courthouse News Service In 1858, the U.S. Army ordered...
By Allen Best, Colorado Newsline Even-steven. That was the intent of delegates from the seven basin states in 1922 when...
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 on Imported Water, where Bill Hasencamp, Manager of Colorado River Resources, delivered an update on the ongoing post-2026 guidelines negotiations....
By Jennifer Solis, Nevada Current Lake Mead’s infamous bathtub ring is expected to get bigger this summer as low snowpack...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current The Las Vegas Valley Water District implemented a water rate structure two years ago that...
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...