The surprising connection between West Coast fires and the volatile chemicals tainting America’s drinking...
Manufactured substances known as volatile organic compounds contaminate drinking water around the U.S. — and recent wildfires are making the situation worse.
As climate change turns up the heat in Las Vegas, water managers try to...
Rising temperatures will drive up water demand as a historic drought in the Colorado River Basin imperils Southern Nevada's key water source.
Aspen officials release plan laying out 50 years of water projects
Aspen’s new water resource plan outlines the strategy for creating emergency storage to address threats to existing supplies.
Colorado health officials investigating contaminated PFAS plume near Denver fire training center
The Colorado health department is investigating a plume causing high levels of forever chemicals in the raw water supply of Adams County.
Lawmakers suspend attempt at legislative fix for water speculation
Colorado lawmakers have suspended an attempt to prohibit outside investors from profiting off the state’s water.
Report: Estimates of future Upper Colorado River Basin water use confound planning
Some water experts say unrealistic projections make it harder to plan for a future under climate change.
Western U.S. snowpack is worth trillions of dollars
Putting a price tag on the water stored in the region’s high-elevation frozen reservoir
Maybell project addresses problems for irrigators, boaters, fish
The Maybell Irrigation District and The Nature Conservancy are rehabilitating and modernizing a key headgate and diversion on the Yampa River.
Denver Water is halfway through replacing lead pipes. Why didn’t this happen sooner?
On an early morning, a quiet Denver neighborhood was temporarily transformed into a construction zone. A boring machine on the road outside someone’s home pointed a long, thin drill...
Photos and videos: Elephant Butte Reservoir, August 2022
This page features drone-captured and ground-based photos and videos of Elephant Butte Reservoir, along the Rio Grande near Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Elephant Butte Dam, completed in 1916, was built...