Geography

A new agreement calls for Western states to leave their drinking water in the reservoir — and act as if they didn't.

This page features aerial imagery of the Salton Sea in Southern California. The Salton Sea is a shallow, highly saline lake bordering southern California’s Imperial County. The lake was created...

The seven states failed to meet a federal deadline of February 1st to agree on a plan to use less water from the Colorado River. Brad Hicks of the...

This page features imagery of Fontenelle Reservoir along the Green River in southwestern Wyoming. Created by Fontenelle Dam, a 139-foot earthfill dam, Fontenelle Reservoir has a storage capacity of 345,000...

Agencies share lessons learned as they recover from fires that destroyed facilities, contaminated supplies and devastated their customers

A greenhouse in Colorado is using 95 percent less water to grow food compared to traditional agricultural practices.

Unhoused Angelenos use the urban river as a source of sustenance, but a proposal to revitalize the waterway could push them out.

There's still no consensus about what should be done to prevent investors from profiting off of speculating on the state’s water. 

The state water board is encouraging roundtables to adopt a code of conduct, but some Western Slope roundtables are pushing back.

Population growth, agricultural withdrawals and climate change have badly diminished the river and threaten its future.