- Originally published on December 12, 2019 10:41 am The West’s water security is wrapped up in snow. When it melts, it becomes drinking and irrigation water for millions throughout the region. A high snowpack lets farmers, skiers and water managers breathe a sigh of relief, while a low one can spell long-term trouble.
- Originally published on December 6, 2019 3:00 pm The federal government is now taking comments on alternatives to a project in western Colorado notorious for causing earthquakes. The Bureau of Reclamation is looking for replacements for the Paradox Valley Unit, located in a remote part of western Colorado’s Montrose County.
- Originally published on November 13, 2019 5:09 pm As climate change continues to sap the Colorado River’s water, some users face serious legal risks to their supplies, according to a new analysis by researchers in Colorado and New Mexico. Declining flows could force Southwest water managers to confront long-standing legal uncertainties, and threaten the water
- Originally published on July 26, 2019 3:02 pm Wells built to bring underground water supplies to the surface are being dug deeper to tap into dwindling aquifers, according to a new study. By compiling decades of records for nearly 2 million groundwater wells across the country, researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara
- Originally published on July 17, 2019 9:29 am The number of deaths and accidents on Colorado’s rivers is right around normal for a high flow year, according to data from the conservation group American Whitewater. Since early June, 12 people have died while rafting, kayaking and paddleboarding on Colorado’s rivers.
- Originally published on June 12, 2019 9:13 am The Colorado River is short on water. But you wouldn’t know it by looking at a slate of proposed water projects in the river’s Upper Basin states of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. The river and its tributaries provide water for 40 million people in the Southwest.