Geography

Two proposed pumped water storage projects that could expand Colorado’s ability to store renewable energy are moving forward.

It has been a rough year for the Shoshone hydropower plant in Glenwood Canyon. First, ice jammed the plant’s spillway; then a wildfire burned down its transmission lines.

After a year of anxious waiting, scientists and researchers who’ve helped build one of the most successful species recovery programs in the nation have gotten a 13-year extension to finish their work.

Seven states in the West have been given until August 15th to implement new strategies and tools to conserve the Colorado River.

This page features aerial photos of Arizona's Stewart Mountain Dam and Saguaro Lake along the Salt River northeast of Phoenix. Stewart Mountain Dam was built from 1928 to 1930 by the Salt...

Front Range water providers released water downstream to test how to get it to the state line in the event of a Colorado River Compact call.

Amid one of the hottest summers on record for Colorado, Dillon Reservoir is 94% full, nearly 5 feet below its capacity. This level of drought has been manageable this year for Denver Water partly because of the 2018-19 winter.

Southwestern U.S. cities have embraced innovative strategies for conserving and sourcing water in a changing climate.

Some Colorado residents have been experiencing drinking water contamination for years. When the water will be safe to drink is unknown.

Cities in New Mexico and Colorado are juggling water scarcity concerns over the Rio Grande.