Dams and reservoirs

Electricity produced at Glen Canyon Dam has been cut in half by the 20-year drought.

A new agreement calls for Western states to leave their drinking water in the reservoir — and act as if they didn't.

Colorado's drought may continue into the fall, bringing a third year of below-average snowpack and streamflows and high wildfire danger.

Ruedi Reservoir on Colorado's Fryingpan River is 54% full and at its lowest level in 19 years.

As the Colorado River is impacted by climate change and drought, Native American tribes are helping to find solutions. For The Water Desk, Gary Strieker reports on the Jicarilla...

This page feature drone-captured imagery and ground-based photos of Bill Williams National Wildlife Refuge and Parker Strip, both located along the Colorado River and the Arizona-California border. The Bill Williams...

Despite emergency releases from upper basin reservoirs to prop up Lake Powell, levels are still projected to dip below a critical threshold.

This page features photos of Morrow Point Dam and the Gunnison River on Colorado's Western Slope. Constructed from 1963 to 1968, Morrow Point is 469 feet tall and was the...

Is prior appropriation up to the task of divvying up the state’s water in an era of increasingly frequent and severe drought conditions?

The drought pool would be filled voluntarily, largely by farmers and ranchers, who would be paid to temporarily dry up their fields.