A quiet revolution: Southwest cities learn to thrive amid drought
Southwestern U.S. cities have embraced innovative strategies for conserving and sourcing water in a changing climate.
Colorado official says demand management program holds water
At the heart of a potential program is a reduction in water use in an attempt to send up to 500,000 acre-feet downstream to Lake Powell to bolster thereservoir and meet 1922 Colorado River Compact obligations.
Colorado’s water users are told “use it or lose it.” But is the threat...
In December 2020, the Summit County Open Space and Trails Department bought a 15-acre property with a small pond, three ditches and a well.
Known as the Shane Gulch property,...
Chatfield Reservoir’s $171M redo complete, with new storage for Front Range cities, farmers
Chatfield Reservoir, one of the largest liquid playgrounds in the Denver metro area, will now store water under a $171 million deal.
Cutting Back
In Diamond Valley, Nevada, farmers are looking to protect their future — and testing the limits of the state’s water laws.
Emergency Colorado River rescue plan likely to include more Flaming Gorge releases, payments to...
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming may face requests for voluntary cutbacks in their use of Colorado River water next year.
State engineers developing measurement rules for water diversions
Colorado officials are preparing for a future with less water by developing rules for users to measure how much they're taking from streams.
At Phoenix’s far edge, a housing boom grasps for water
BUCKEYE, Ariz. – Beneath the exhausting Sonoran sun, an hour’s drive west of Phoenix, heavy machines are methodically scraping the desert bare.
Where mesquite and saguaro once stood, the former...
In post-shutdown world, new ultra-green water device helps weary eateries cut costs as they...
A new thawing technology aims to help restaurants cut their water use, reduce their operating costs and shrink their carbon footprint.
State officials draft bill on stream restoration
Colorado officials have drafted a bill aimed at addressing a tension between stream restoration projects and water rights holders.