Geography

The Arkansas Valley Conduit promises to bring clean drinking water to more residents of southeast Colorado.

How did California get battered by a relentless barrage of devastating atmospheric river storms despite La Niña?

A well-connected metro Denver water developer is proposing to export millions of gallons of water from the San Luis Valley to Douglas County.

Colorado voters narrowly approved Proposition DD and created a new sports-betting tax whose proceeds will help fund water projects across the state.

Some Colorado water managers are asking what authority the federal government has in the upper basin and which water projects could be at risk.

Restoring natural infrastructure, such as beaver habitat and the wetlands it creates, could shield communities from damaging floods, remove toxins and high sediment loads from water, and reduce the apocalyptic effects of megafires.

Colorado water officials have reached a settlement removing one of the last barriers to a new water program in Chatfield Reservoir.

Colorado’s “first-in-time, first-in-right” prior appropriation doctrine is coming under increasing scrutiny as rivers and reservoirs dry out.

A five-year, $5 million agreement will help support regenerative agriculture, soil health, water conservation and urban farms.

Seven states in the West have been given until August 15th to implement new strategies and tools to conserve the Colorado River.