NASA satellite data show decrease in Colorado River Basin aquifers NASA/JPL Colorado River December 5, 2025Researchers used data from the GRACE/GRACE-FO platform to estimate that the region has lost a combined 34 cubic kilometers of...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Can Arizona maintain its drought response as water and money dry up? Inside Climate News Colorado River November 11, 2025The state has spent hundreds of millions of dollars and implemented new regulations to protect water supplies. But as funds...
NEVADA CURRENT: Southwest in a ‘mega-drying’ zone due to groundwater loss, study finds Nevada Current Colorado River August 19, 2025by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Nevada, the driest state in the union, is only getting drier as the region’s supply...
ASU: Preparing for a drier future on the Colorado River basin Arizona State University Colorado River August 8, 2025With a looming deadline for the Colorado River Compact, ASU water experts weigh in on the state’s water forecast By...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Ninth Circuit revives Arizona wells caught in tribal water quarrel Courthouse News Service Colorado River July 25, 2025The Gila River Indian Community failed to show evidence that four upstream wells “significantly diminish” the flow of federally reserved...
NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY: Arizona’s declining groundwater NASA/JPL Colorado River July 21, 2025By NASA’s Earth Observatory By measuring the gravitational pull of water for more than two decades, NASA satellites have peered...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Arizona approves ‘Ag-to-Urban’ water conservation plan Courthouse News Service Colorado River June 30, 2025The bill will allow farmers to exchange land and water rights with urban developers to decrease water use and increase...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Arizona developments face lawsuit over federally reserved groundwater Courthouse News Service Colorado River June 20, 2025Conservationists demand that the state reevaluate the physical and legal availability of water taken by subdivisions from the San Pedro...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Colorado River Basin aquifers are declining even more steeply than the river, new research shows Inside Climate News Colorado RiverGroundwater News June 3, 2025Overuse and climate change are rapidly depleting groundwater throughout the region, but aquifers are not part of the negotiations among...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Arizona ranchers ask Ninth Circuit to reopen wells shuttered for pumping Gila River water Courthouse News Service Colorado River February 5, 2025Instead of sealing four wells in 2023, the ranchers argue, a federal judge could have issued a less harsh injunction...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Arizona House takes step to defend Colorado River water Courthouse News Service Colorado River January 29, 2025The committee also voted in support of two bills that would allow groundwater pumping regulations in protected areas to be...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Arizona farmers oppose water regulations as land sinks beneath them Courthouse News Service Colorado RiverGroundwater News November 23, 2024Wine growers fear that an active water management area will stifle their economic growth without addressing the root causes of...
NASA satellites find snow didn’t offset Southwest groundwater loss NASA/JPL Colorado RiverScience June 18, 2024By James R. Riordon, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Record snowfall in recent years has not been enough...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Rising temperatures will significantly reduce streamflow in the Upper Colorado River basin as groundwater levels fall, new research shows Desert Research Institute Climate changeColorado RiverScience May 24, 2024Climate change will dramatically impact streamflow and its contributions to the Colorado River by increasing forest water use and reducing...
STATELINE: Facing Drought, Western States Seek to Deny Groundwater to Foreigners Stateline Colorado RiverPolicy and regulation March 15, 2023by Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline Read more Stateline coverage of how communities across the West are grappling with drought that’s worsening because of...
