Issues

Pitkin County took the final step in a years-long effort to get more water into the often water-short upper Roaring Fork River.

Water insecurity is an underrecognized but growing problem in the U.S. Tap water distrust is part of the problem.

California pistachio farmers are facing off against the U.S. Navy over water rights. The outcome could shape future legal fights as climate change upends the status quo.

Water forecasting agencies in Colorado have released their April streamflow predictions, confirming what many already knew: Drought and dry soils will diminish rivers this spring.

The Denver-based Colorado River Basin Fund is raising $5 million to help promising new water technology companies bring their wares to market.

In the 1960s, Glen Canyon Dam created Lake Powell, the 186-mile-long reservoir intended to store Colorado River flows from the Rocky Mountains. With the flows reduced by drought and...

After more than a decade of work, a federal cleanup project along the Colorado River in Utah is still removing radioactive uranium tailings that could pose a threat to...

A consultant working for the city of Aspen is presenting both new sources and storage as part of its water future.

As California’s seasons become warmer and drier, state officials are pondering whether the water rights permitting system needs revising.

The U.S. Forest Service approved an application from the cities of Aurora and Colorado Springs for geotechnical drilling in the Homestake Valley, one of the first steps toward building a new dam and reservoir on Homestake Creek.