No matter which alternative the federal government picks to manage the depleted Colorado River, there's a very good chance of ...

Four days of negotiations in a Salt Lake City conference room earlier this month did not appear to have sparked a breakthrough.

As Lake Powell and Lake Mead near critical elevations, federal planners face narrowing operational options that could reshape ...

The proposals range from taking "no action" to a scenario that might result in water cuts to the lower basin states of ...

With the seven basin states locked in a stalemate over Colorado River negotiations, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released ...

Negotiators couldn't strike a deal in Salt Lake City this week. Can 7 governors make peace in time to avoid a court battle?

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 reservoir, fed by the Colorado River, is Southern Nevada’s main water supply. It also provides water to Arizona and ...

Each winter, high elevation snow blankets mountains for skiers and sledders, forming a natural reservoir that will slowly melt as winter warms into spring and provide a steady flow into creeks and ...

I don’t think anything in here was new to (states’ negotiators), so this doesn’t necessarily change the calculus. … This ...

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the U.S., just hit its lowest level since it was filled in the 1930s. Boats, rusted debris — even human remains — are surfacing. This isn’t an isolated drought.

An online educational resource, WorldAtlas, has outlined some of the warmest lakes for swimming in the U.S. These locations "extend swimming seasons well beyond what's typical at higher latitudes, ...