The authors of a new study say the Colorado River's huge reservoirs hold less useable water than the numbers suggest.

A new study warns that the Colorado River's condition is worse than believed, with urgent cuts in water use needed.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - The Colorado River has been a hot topic of conversation in 2025. The Colorado River flows through seven states and provides water to Mexico, which is why the Colorado ...

The Colorado River is in trouble: Not as much water flows into the river as people are entitled to take out of it. A new idea might change that, but complicated political and practical negotiations ...

A new analysis is warning that water stored in the Colorado River’s two largest reservoirs — Lake Mead and Lake Powell — could fall to critically low levels in a year if current water use continues.

Mandatory cuts in Arizona’s Colorado River supplies will remain in place through 2026, federal water managers said Aug. 15, reflecting a poor winter runoff, growing demand and worsening drought. While ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Earlier this year, several environmental groups sent a petition to the federal government with a seemingly simple message: Ensure that water from the imperiled Colorado River is not ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A legislative analysis presented to lawmakers on Tuesday recommended consolidating the Colorado River Authority of Utah under the umbrella of the Utah Department of Natural Resources.