Colorado River

The federal government declared a water shortage for much of the Southwest last week, resulting in the first ever mandatory cutbacks for some who draw from the Colorado River. As two decades of drought, increased demand and climate change cut deep into the West’s water supply, the region is looking ahead to a future where supplies might drop further still.

The federal government declared an official water shortage on the Colorado River for the first time ever, and that means cuts in the water supply; Montezuma County has released a resource guide for residents who are struggling to pay rent or mortgage payments during the pandemic.

The Colorado River through the national park holds lessons for managing an essential and diminishing resource in a rapidly warming climate.

The nation’s second largest reservoir, Lake Powell, is now at its lowest point since it first filled in the 1960s. From KUNC, Luke Runyon reports.The…

The Colorado River supplies drinking water for some of the West’s biggest cities. And a lot of them lie outside the river’s natural watershed. Canals,…

The federal government is releasing water from reservoirs in Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico in an emergency attempt to prop up the nation’s second…

Emergency water releases from reservoirs upstream of Lake Powell are underway to preserve the nation’s second-largest reservoir’s ability to generate hydroelectric power.

The government is expected to issue its first water shortage declaration for the river, which supplies more than 40 million people. That will mean hardships for farms, recreation and Indian tribes.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis is ending the state of emergency he put in place nearly sixteen months ago because of the coronavirus pandemic.Voluntary…

While the Four Corners region is experiencing ongoing drought, water is again flowing in the Colorado River’s delta in northern Mexico.The City of Cortez…