"January 1 water supply forecasts are generally well below normal," the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center said.

As of Wednesday, official data shows that Lake Mead is just 33 percent full, with around 8.7 million acre-feet of water in ...

The next step is not optimism. It is alignment. Arizona should stop approving new growth that depends on Colorado River water ...

Water coming down the Colorado River is expected to be far below normal for a second consecutive year, and that will have a ...

Snowpack in the mountains that feed the Colorado River, the water supply for 40 million people, is off to its worst start in ...

A new study pinpoints the main cause of harmful algal blooms in Blue Mesa Reservoir, and includes a recommendation for a ...

Water forecasts for the Colorado River are grim going into 2026 as several bad trends are converging. Snowpack, soil moisture ...

As Lake Powell drops toward critical thresholds, engineers are making long-term infrastructure decisions even as Colorado River rules remain unresolved.

Colorado’s snowpack levels remain meager so far this winter season, with little moisture in the near-term local forecast in a year when water managers can scarcely afford a poor spring ...

Across two continents, officials are confronting the same nightmare scenario: a reservoir so depleted it can no longer move ...

Official figures show how water levels at Lake Powell—a vital reservoir for multiple states across the western U.S.—changed throughout 2025. Lake Powell, a part of the Colorado River network, is the ...

Federal agencies released draft long-term Colorado River management plans outlining five alternatives for post-2026 water ...