by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current The Imperial Irrigation District in California, which uses more Colorado River water than any other...
‘Provisional accounting’ to understand how much water would be conserved By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Colorado River water managers are...
The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors approved a landmark conservation agreement with the federal government to leave up to 700,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Mead through 2026. From the Imperial Irrigation District: Today, the Imperial Irrigation District Board...
From the Bureau of Reclamation: Federal funding for Drought Contingency Plan-related activities in the Upper Colorado Basin is coming to...
The government’s draft environmental assessment, released in June, moves a key water agency closer to approval of a plan that...
Southern California has become the cradle of water recycling in the United States, with several flagship projects aiming to become the gold standard for water purification. By Edvard Pettersson, Courthouse News Service Can wastewater be made potable again on a...
Upper basin water managers exploring how to protect water in Lake Powell By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Water managers in...
The 1922 Colorado River Compact ignored available science and overallocated the river’s water, a decision whose effects reverberate today. Now...
A new study reveals that precipitation could boost the iconic river’s flow in the next couple of decades despite the deleterious effects of warming temperatures due to climate change. By Jane Palmer, AGU Drought has plagued the Colorado River for...
By James R. Riordon, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Record snowfall in recent years has not been enough...
Press release from the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation has updated its Colorado River System Consumptive Uses and...
For decades, irrigation runoff from Imperial Valley farms has fed the Salton Sea. As farmers cut back on water use, the inland sea has receded, impacting habitat for species that live in its marshes and nearby drainage ditches. By Caleb...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Federal resource managers announced $99 million in funding for a large-scale water recycling project that...
Climate change will dramatically impact streamflow and its contributions to the Colorado River by increasing forest water use and reducing...
The Colorado River Indian Tribes can now lease water to non-Indigenous users along the drought-stricken river. Most nations can’t do the same. By Taylar Dawn Stagner, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter...