Geography

Lakes Mead and Powell, the basin’s two largest reservoirs, are approaching critical levels in which hydropower from their dams (Hoover and Glen Canyon, respectively) would be severely curtailed or altogether cease.

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.

More than 1,000 key players from CRWUA met this week to consider what actions to take in response to the reduction in the volume...

One year after it launched one of the largest lead treatment programs in the United States, Denver Water is slightly ahead of schedule.

The city of Aspen is moving ahead on a project aimed at increasing the reliability of its water supply and environmental flows through what’s known as an “alternative transfer method,” or ATM.

Thirsty Front Range Colorado cities continue to drive the market for South Platte River farm water with Aurora announcing two major deals to acquire farms and their water rights.

In the culmination of a process that has been years in the making, Colorado officials Wednesday announced the creation of a state-run water conservation...

This page in our free multimedia library features photos of the record-low snowpack in southwest Colorado along U.S. 550, between Durango and Ouray. Like...

A high stakes standoff is playing out over how to save the Colorado River. And with the biggest man-made reservoir in America — Lake...

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...