Colorado regulators’ effort to fast-track Clean Water Act replacement legislation fails
Colorado water quality regulators’ attempt to fast-track new rules shielding streams left unprotected by changes to the Clean Water Act was abandoned earlier this month after it failed to win support from lawmakers.
Tulare County’s never-ending drought brings dried up wells and plenty of misery
In the rural towns around Visalia, drought is a perpetual plight and wells are going dry.
As winter wildfires burn, will they forever alter Colorado’s forests, water?
Fires in the West burn so intensely that they reshape forests, shift tree species and turn calm waterways into devastating mudflows.
Denver Water is halfway through replacing lead pipes. Why didn’t this happen sooner?
On an early morning, a quiet Denver neighborhood was temporarily transformed into a construction zone. A boring machine on the road outside someone’s home...
Data viz: Navajo Lake levels
Last update: September 21, 2022
Percent of total capacity
Source: US Bureau of Reclamation
Report: Colorado River ranch water savings hit 42 percent
Colorado’s high altitude hay meadows could be re-operated to yield more than 40 percent in water savings, according to a new report.
Low reservoir levels main cause of toxic algae in Blue Mesa
More releases to prop up Lake Powell could be coming
Ouray County water project faces opposition from state, others
A proposed reservoir, pipeline and water exchange in western Colorado could impact fish and environmental flows.
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Photos: Agriculture in Dome Valley, Arizona
This page features photos of agriculture in the Dome Valley near Yuma, Arizona.
Located in southwestern Arizona’s Yuma County, the Dome Valley is known for...