Colorado River experts reviewed water usage rates and found that a dry winter will 'crash' reservoirs. A wet one will only ...

The Colorado River Basin is approaching a critical inflection point. The 2026 operating guidelines are set to expire in October this year and 2026 is shaping up to be the worst hydrologic year on ...

Tapped: Colorado’s Front Range is at the center of one of the American West’s most complex and consequential water challenges ...

Proposal comes after seven states drawing water from drought-stricken river failed to come to an agreement ...

The White House has told Western states it's working on a 10-year plan for the overtapped Colorado River that will allow for reassessing cutbacks every two years.

Record-breaking drought conditions led Utah Governor Spencer Cox to recently declare a state emergency because of severe conditions driven by the lowest snowpack levels in nearly 100 years. Will ...

California, Arizona and Nevada announced the three states have negotiated a plan for larger water cutbacks along the shrinking Colorado River.

The Colorado River lost another margin of safety in late spring 2026. Facing a snowpack season that failed to deliver, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced it will release just 6.0 million ...

Ignoring stakeholders, closed-door decisions and old rules are making managing the Colorado River Compact hard to manage. But what if we changed that?

Lower Colorado River water leaders are pitching a new plan to stave off the threat of low water levels at key Colorado River ...

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said the Hoover Dam – and the dealmaking that made it possible – should provide inspiration for the ...

Economists call this the Tragedy of the Commons. It’s a dysfunctional dynamic that may be damaging your organization.