The Colorado River deal announced Monday is more of a temporary reprieve than a solution to plummeting water supplies. The deep water cuts for California, Arizona and Nevada will tide over thirsty ...

From its source high in the Rocky Mountains, the Colorado River channels water south nearly 1,500 miles, over falls, ... of a deep emerald hue.” In Leopold’s time, ...

As the water levels in the river rose, two Colorado River guides launched the Emerald Mile, a hand-built wooden dory made for whitewater rapids. They rode the torrent day and night for what ended ...

75% Portion of Utah’s Colorado River use consumed by agriculture in 2018. But once I calmed down, I realized that Pelligrino has a point. See, if you want to cut water consumption, you have to ...

Up to 40 million people in seven U.S. states -- as well as parts of northern Mexico -- rely on the Colorado River for their water needs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.More than half ...

Water from the Colorado River flows through the East Highline Canal on its way to farms in the Imperial Valley on June 20, 2023. (File photo by Alex Hager/KUNC) ...

The Colorado River Compact, a 1922 agreement that allocated the river’s water, lets California draw up to 4.4 million acre-feet per year. Colorado was allocated up to 3.85 million acre-feet.

Since 2018, Newman, Gooseff and collaborators have been rafting the Colorado River to better understand exactly where water quality changes — including salinity — along the river.

The Colorado River, which provides water for about 15% of our country’s agriculture, is shrinking, and the current agreement that divvies up the water usage ends in 2026.

Nearly half the water drawn from the Colorado River goes to grow feed for beef and dairy cows. Researchers say modest changes in American diets could help the river — and the climate.

Farmers in Palo Verde use Colorado River water to grow cattle feed and vegetables in the desert along the Arizona border. Fisher said they want to be active participants in protecting the river, ...

The Colorado River is starting to swell with spring runoff, but just a few months ago, Avi Stopper clocked a gap in the Western United States' most important water supply. Stopper was driving back ...