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 Jennifer Solis, Nevada Current Lake Mead’s infamous bathtub ring is expected to get bigger this summer as low snowpack levels in the Rocky Mountains choke the reservoir’s biggest source of water – the Colorado River. Snow melt from the...
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...
From Paloma Avila, Mehdi Nemati, Daniel Crespo, Ariel Dinar, Zachary Frankel, and Nicholas Halberg. Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics Federal funding has been crucial in addressing the rising water supply and demand imbalance in the Colorado River Basin (CRB). We...
by Kyle Dunphey, Nevada Current Researchers at the University of Utah recently published a first-of-its-kind study that measures the impact...
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...