Geography

Feds’ new plan doesn’t resolve crop-threatening water shortage and likely will end up in court, two professors reckon.

After nearly 136 years of work, the U.S. Geological Survey still faces problems mapping small streams. Now hikers and lasers are on the solutions menu.

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

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.

After more than a decade of work, a federal cleanup project along the Colorado River in Utah is still removing radioactive uranium tailings that...

We discuss a recent American Rivers report that examines the economic value of rivers and our nation’s crumbling water infrastructure. The report calls on Congress to invest $500 billion over 10 years in water infrastructure and river restoration.

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...

A synthetic chemical’s appearance in public water supply wells raises questions of how to protect the public from unknown health hazards.

This page features ground-based photos of Heron Lake, a reservoir that stores water for the San Juan-Chama Project in northern New Mexico. Located along Willow...

In early June, water experts gathered at the University of Colorado Boulder to talk about the future of the Colorado River.  The lifeline for 40...