Early peak runoff for Western Slope rivers
Snowpack in Colorado is melting earlier than expected due to an increase in dust storm severity.
Grim 2022 drought outlook for Western US offers warnings for the future as climate...
A rapidly warming climate has put the American West in a brutal drought with a hotter and thirstier atmosphere.
Douglas County says no to developers’ San Luis Valley water export proposal
Douglas County will not use COVID-relief funding to help finance a controversial $400 million-plus proposal to export farm water from the San Luis Valley to their fast-growing, water-short region.
What should farmers grow in the desert?
As the Colorado River withers, a rubber company tries to persuade Arizona farmers to grow a latex-producing crop that’s adapted to arid conditions.
What is dead pool? A water expert explains
Lake Mead and Lake Powell could reach water levels low enough to halt hydropower production.
As drought shrinks the Colorado River, a Southern California giant seeks help from river...
Metropolitan Water District's water recycling proposal builds momentum amid increasingly dry conditions.
Southern Ute Tribe and climate change
The megadrought in the Southwest is impacting everyone including Native American tribes that have lived here for thousands of years. For The Water Desk, Gary Strieker reports from the...
Against the flow
Picuris Pueblo says its water has been stolen and shunted over a mountain to the Mora Valley — where irrigators claim rights to it, too.
Feds call for more water recycling, conservation as Colorado River deteriorates
Water recycling, conservation programs and repair of leaky reservoirs and pipelines will help restore the Colorado River, according to federal officials.
Arizona’s future water shock
Smaller cities. Soaring water prices. Scorched desert towns.