The Colorado River waters extend through seven states and two nations, including 277 miles through the Grand Canyon. Here's where it starts and ends. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

Congressional Democrats and Republicans are trying to revive a Colorado River water conservation program called “essential” as the new Trump administration attempts to freeze its fundin… ...

What is the Colorado River Compact? ... New Mexico, Utah) are legally allowed to use 7.5 million acre feet of Colorado River water. But they don’t use that full share, ...

What researchers are still learning about Colorado River salinity . ... The full project is expected to cost about $165,000. All donations made in 2023 will go directly toward this project.

This week, they held a combined 12.9 million acre-feet of water, or about one-quarter full. ... The Colorado River has been drying up because of chronic overuse combined with a historic drought.

Deep below the surface of the ground in one of the driest parts of the country, there is a looming problem: The water is running out — but not the kind that fills lakes, streams and reservoirs.

This undated map of the Salton Sea basin shows the shape and size of a full Lake Cahuilla as indicated by the dotted red line. Before the Colorado River was tamed by dams and dikes it was a free ...

Estimates of water consumption in the Colorado River basin do not include water exports from the basin, reservoir evaporation or natural losses. Percentages may not add up to 100 percent because ...

The source of salinity depends on where you are in the Colorado River Basin and when you’re looking. Up-basin in Colorado River tributaries in Eagle County — where naturally occurring salinity is very ...