States are preparing for, while trying to avoid, cutbacks to the water they get from the Colorado River. Here are some key ...

With no agreement among the seven Colorado River states and federal deadlines now passed, the Upper Colorado River Commission on Monday sharply criticized the U.S. Department of the Interior’s draft ...

Water levels at Lake Powell continue to fall as drought persists, pitting fish survival against power demands.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The water levels in the vital Colorado River appear to be so low at points that people can walk across it, a new report reveals ...

We’re being asked to solve a problem we didn’t create with water we don’t have,” Colorado’s negotiator, Becky Mitchell, said ...

The Interior Department must force seven bickering states to agree on drastic water cuts — after the driest winter in decades.

40 million people rely on the Colorado River for water used for drinking, farming and powering communities.

A Feb. 14 deadline came and went without Arizona and the other Colorado River basin states coming to terms on a new operating agreement.

The 30 tribal nations in the watershed — the river’s most senior water users — were deliberately excluded from the Colorado River Compact negotiations, a blatant attack on tribal sovereignty. In doing ...