Climate change

With drought continuing to grip the American West, Colorado is declaring one of its last, mostly free-flowing rivers as over-appropriated.

Residents in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, see first-hand how wildfires can damage wetlands and watersheds vitally important to their water supply. Jerd Smith reports for The Water Desk. https://player.vimeo.com/video/553127855 Length: 2:03 Download script Download...

Agencies in two counties are pursuing different approaches to address overdraft and meet requirements of California’s groundwater law.

California pistachio farmers are facing off against the U.S. Navy over water rights. The outcome could shape future legal fights as climate change upends the status quo.

In the 1960s, Glen Canyon Dam created Lake Powell, the 186-mile-long reservoir intended to store Colorado River flows from the Rocky Mountains. With the flows reduced by drought and...

A consultant working for the city of Aspen is presenting both new sources and storage as part of its water future.

As California’s seasons become warmer and drier, state officials are pondering whether the water rights permitting system needs revising.

Colorado water officials are considering whether to designate the increasingly stressed Yampa River as over-appropriated.

Some water experts say unrealistic projections make it harder to plan for a future under climate change.

Drought, growth, climate change, budget cuts, wildfires and competing demands for water are among the challenges facing the Colorado Water Plan.