Is wasteful water use causing shortages? The Natural Resources Defense Council is urging the U.S. government to enforce a ...

National water conservation groups filed a legal petition Tuesday asking the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to stop downstream ...

The U.S. Department of Interior said Wednesday it extended more than a dozen contracts with water-rights holders in ...

Hydrologists say that hotter temperatures have been drying out soils and vegetation in the west, leading to less water ...

Hydrologists say that hotter temperatures have been drying out soils and vegetation in the west, leading to less water ...

Scientists have known that dust settling on snowpack speeds up snowmelt, but new research shows that nearly all of the Upper ...

Although the headwaters of the Colorado River begin high in the mountains of Colorado, the river itself journeys 1,450 miles through many arid states. That journey leaves it vulnerable because the ...

National water conservation groups filed a legal petition Tuesday asking the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to stop downstream Colorado River users ... Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico; and California ...

The Colorado River flows through the Glen Canyon and Hoover dams to supply hydroelectric power to California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah ... U.S. News // 3 hours ago Southern California braces for ...

Utah's snowpack season basically sums up what played out all across the West. Some states won big, while others nearly broke ...

Snowmelt and the runoff from it are critical to water supplies in the Valley and across the region. But new research suggests ...