Issues

How is climate change affecting the West’s snowpack? What are the projections for the future?  Numerous scientific reports and studies in recent years have tried to answer these questions and...

Western states are still able to provide relatively affordable water, but that could change as utilities try to recoup losses associated with the pandemic and begin to pay for the massive repairs and upgrades to their systems that were on the drawing board before COVID-19 struck.

People are fighting against disinfectants in their drinking water that cause rashes, breathing problems and more.

State engineers in the Arkansas River basin are beginning to crack down on more than 10,000 ponds without legal water rights, which they say are harming senior rights holders.

Experts warn that climate change has rendered old assumptions outdated about what the Colorado River can provide, leaving painful water cuts as the only way forward.

A fen-restoration project aims to enhance the wetland’s ability to provide habitat, store and filter groundwater, and sequester carbon.

The razorback sucker has survived in the river for more than 3 million years. Climate change could end that.

The snowpack that 40 million people rely on for water was supposed to provide a bounty this year. Instead, much of it melted away fast and early — part of a long-term trend associated with climate change.

State lawmakers sought to cut $3.3 billion from water programs to compensate for one of the largest deficits in its history.

Low snowpack and high temperatures have plagued water supplies in southwest Colorado, but high wheat prices bring hope to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.