Cooling the river
As climate change brings warmer weather, Westerners are looking for ways to protect the region's rivers and streams. In a special report for The Water Desk, Jerd Smith of...
Just 53% of Colorado cities use permanent watering restrictions, despite proven savings
Despite a drought and below-normal reservoir levels, communities remain split on permanent outdoor watering restrictions.
Environmental justice board eyes new coordinating entity, better community outreach tools
Colorado's Environmental Justice Advisory Board is discussing recommendations to help the state strengthen its environmental justice work.
At Phoenix’s far edge, a housing boom grasps for water
BUCKEYE, Ariz. – Beneath the exhausting Sonoran sun, an hour’s drive west of Phoenix, heavy machines are methodically scraping the desert bare.
Where mesquite and saguaro once stood, the former...
Demand management discussions continue amid worsening Colorado River crisis
The crisis on the Colorado River is not waiting for the state of Colorado to develop a program to avoid water shortages.
New dust-on-snow monitoring technology coming to Steamboat lab, expanding a growing snowpack data network
Technology to study the impact of dust on downwind mountain ecosystems in Colorado and Utah will likely be installed in the Rockies this fall.
Photos: Vallecito Reservoir aerials, May 2024
This page in our free multimedia library features aerial photos of Vallecito Reservoir near Durango, Colorado.
The reservoir is located in the San Juan Mountains and along the Los Pinos...
Unclear waters: How pollution, diversions and drought are squeezing the life out of the...
The Arkansas Valley Conduit promises to bring clean drinking water to more residents of southeast Colorado.
Announcing grantees for The Water Desk’s California Media Project
The Water Desk has made $75,000 in grants to journalists and media outlets covering California water issues.
Wyoming’s Colorado River water rights in jeopardy without improved info, official warns
Wyoming’s water chief wants emergency funds for hydrologists to measure flows in the state’s portion of the troubled Colorado River Basin, documentation he said is vital to preserving irrigation...