Time is running out for states to come to some kind of consensus for rules under the Colorado River Compact.
The upper and lower Colorado River basin states are working to make a plan for the future of Lake Powell amid critically low ...
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to weigh in on the latest water squabble in the West, where Nebraska has accused Colorado ...
For more than 100 years, the Colorado River Compact has governed how water is shared across the American West. Signed in 1922, the agreement divided the river’s resources among seven states and helped ...
The clock is ticking on the Colorado River. The seven states that use its water are nearing a 2026 deadline to come up with new rules for sharing its shrinking supplies. After more than a year of ...
Since the Colorado River Compact was forged 100 years ago and the water was subsequently divided up among the entire seven states in the Upper and Lower basins, as well as Mexico and 30 tribes, the ...
The Colorado River Basin is approaching a critical inflection point. The 2026 operating guidelines are set to expire in October this year and 2026 is shaping up to be the worst hydrologic year on ...
On the headwaters of the Colorado River, water managers fear they are on the brink of a system failure as drought and climate change rewrite the old rules. Winter snowpack is no longer a reliable ...
On a cold winter morning in 1922, the delegates who negotiated the original Colorado River Compact left their respective capitals for Bishop’s Lodge just outside Santa Fe. Gathered in a room, they ...