Geography

On this episode of Water Buffs, we examine how drought can harm human health, specifically how dramatic fluctuations in water availability can lead to increasingly toxic water supplies.

The Water Desk is excited to announce new grants to support water journalism connected to New Mexico and the Rio Grande Basin.

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.

Drought and decreased snowpack have left Colorado reservoirs below average capacity levels.

Snowmelt dominates many Western rivers, but climate change will reduce that contribution as raindrops replace snowflakes.

Colorado voters have narrowly passed a measure that will legalize sports betting and use the taxes raised to fund projects outlined in the Colorado Water Plan.

Some water experts say preserving these pre-compact water rights, even though they aren’t being used, could give Colorado stronger footing in potential negotiations with Lower Basin states by propping up Colorado’s consumptive-use tally on paper.

There’s an old catchphrase that Colorado kayak park proponents used in the early 2000s to sell the idea that keeping water in streams mattered...

A recent study of a Colorado demand-management program found that the benefits would be comparable to the negative secondary impacts.

This page features video footage shot with a mounted GoPro camera during a Lighthawk flight above the Green River, Colorado River and their confluence...