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Lake Powell will receive 1 million acre-feet of water from the Colorado River as a short-term solution to drought, boosting lake levels and protecting hydropower production.

Colorado lawmakers have suspended an attempt to prohibit outside investors from profiting off the state’s water.

Electricity produced at Glen Canyon Dam has been cut in half by the 20-year drought.

A new agreement calls for Western states to leave their drinking water in the reservoir — and act as if they didn't.

Colorado’s predictions for spring runoff are looking better than the past two years, but streamflows are still expected to be below normal.

Colorado's drought may continue into the fall, bringing a third year of below-average snowpack and streamflows and high wildfire danger.

These fast explanations of water lingo by Hannah Leigh Myers are a regular feature of the Water Buffs podcast. ‘Acre-feet’ https://youtu.be/CZrMm4E_5ag We explain the somewhat arcane measurement that is used widely in...

Glenwood Springs has secured a conditional water right for three whitewater parks on the Colorado River after a long fought court battle.

Changing storms in the Southwest are altering timeless food traditions as researchers grapple with how to study the monsoon’s erratic nature.

Colorado has approved a $1.9 million snow measuring initiative that will help forecast how much water mountain snowpack will likely generate.