West Slope water managers ask: What authority do the feds have?
Some Colorado water managers are asking what authority the federal government has in the upper basin and which water projects could be at risk.
Aerial imagery: Colorado River and Lake Powell, October 2020
This page features images and footage shot with a GoPro camera during a Lighthawk flight above the Colorado River and Lake Powell in Utah and Arizona.
The flight included views...
Concern over the “forever chemical” PFAS in water supplies is high, but remedies remain...
A synthetic chemical’s appearance in public water supply wells raises questions of how to protect the public from unknown health hazards.
Water is life. It’s also a battle. So what does the future hold for...
An explanation of California’s water development — as well as the challenges, today and tomorrow, of providing water for the state’s people, places and things.
After initial failure, new effort could bring green hydrogen pilot project to Yampa River...
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming form a partnership to compete for the financing of new hydrogen hubs.
Colorado reaches settlement on Chatfield Reservoir environmental water plan
Colorado water officials have reached a settlement removing one of the last barriers to a new water program in Chatfield Reservoir.
Water Desk to support New Mexico and Rio Grande water journalism
The Water Desk is launching a new program to support water-related journalism in New Mexico and the Rio Grande Basin.
A “gut punch” as water rushes from Flaming Gorge to save Lake Powell’s hydropower...
The drought hit crisis proportions this summer, pushing lakes Powell and Mead to historic lows and triggering emergency releases.
Yes, there is good news in dark times: A water dividend for the Colorado...
The water once used to cool coal-fired power plants could soon be available for other uses, even to help fill a new drought-protection pool in Lake Powell.
Floating down the San Joaquin River
The highly altered waterway still harbors stretches of wild beauty.