Colorado River reservoirs hit critical lows as Lake Mead drops to 31% capacity and Lake Powell falls 33 feet from last year amid ongoing drought.

Water in Lake Mead is on course to fall to the lowest level in recorded history by 2027, according to a recent forecast by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Water levels in the reservoir have steadily ...

Negotiations aimed at solving the Colorado River's water shortage are at an impasse. Environmentalists are criticizing a lack ...

Negotiators representing the seven basin states are working to finalize a new usage agreement before the current framework expires.

The report by the coalition of conservation groups highlights nine recommendations on how to permanently reduce water use on ...

An extraordinary drought in the West is drying up the Colorado River and draining the nation's largest reservoirs -- Lake Mead and Lake Powell. And amid the overuse of the river and the aridification ...

Citing a "transparency crisis," conservation groups released a report on Wednesday to call attention to inaction on how to solve conflicting demands for water from the Colorado River.

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — A reckoning arrives every August for the Colorado River and the 40 million people across the West who depend on it. After water managers measure annual inflows and outflows and do ...

Lake Mead held about 3.5 million acre-feet of assigned ... The report said that even with shortage cuts in place, Powell's water could drop below the critical level of 3,500 feet in elevation by ...