Colorado water utilities race to protect workers from COVID-19 as they declare tap water...
Water utilities initiated emergency action plans, asking hundreds of employees to work from home to limit the virus’ spread and to help protect the workers needed to operate water treatment and delivery systems.
Northwest Colorado ranchers grapple with state requirements to measure, record water use
Irrigators in Northwest Colorado are facing a sea change in how they use their water, and many ranchers are greeting such a shift with reluctance and suspicion.
Facing drought and increased demands, Colorado communities eye new storage alternatives
Colorado could need 750,000 acre-feet of new water supplies by 2050 for its growing population, but how to store that water isn’t clear.
White River dam and reservoir project headed for water court trial
The state of Colorado and the Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District are still at odds over a proposed White River dam and reservoir project.
Colorado official says demand management program holds water
At the heart of a potential program is a reduction in water use in an attempt to send up to 500,000 acre-feet downstream to Lake Powell to bolster thereservoir and meet 1922 Colorado River Compact obligations.
Photos and videos: Navajo Dam and Navajo Lake, August 2021
This page features imagery and videos of of Navajo Lake and Navajo Dam, along the San Juan River in northwest New Mexico.
The image and video galleries are available for...
Lake Powell to dip below target elevation
Despite emergency releases from upper basin reservoirs to prop up Lake Powell, levels are still projected to dip below a critical threshold.
Winter’s alarmingly low snowpack offers a glimpse of the changing rhythm of water in...
As global temperatures rise, the freezing line where precipitation changes from rain to snow moves up the mountains, shrinking the area capable of sustaining a seasonal snowpack.
Photos: Labyrinth and Desolation Canyons along Green River
This page features photos of the Green River in Labyrinth and Desolation canyons in eastern Utah.
The Green River, the main tributary of the Colorado River, flows through some of...
Wolf Creek reservoir project secures River District grant
The Colorado River Water Conservation District approved a request to partially fund the permitting costs for a dam and reservoir project in northwest Colorado.












