As Lake Powell and Lake Mead near critical elevations, federal planners face narrowing operational options that could reshape ...

Federal officials have one option for managing the Colorado River's future if states can't agree. But even that plan won't do ...

A draft environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Reclamation outlines post-2026 Colorado River dam operations, ...

In 2022, experts worried that Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the US, might dry up. Created by ...

The lake was only 33% full at the end of 2025.

The proposals range from taking “no action” to a scenario that might result in water cuts to the lower basin states of ...

I don’t think anything in here was new to (states’ negotiators), so this doesn’t necessarily change the calculus. … This ...

The states want to reach consensus on operations of the depleting Colorado River instead of having the federal government impose one on them with no input.

The federal government's alternatives for the Colorado River came out Friday morning, possibly setting the agenda for ...

Restoration was designed to replenish drinking water supply in South Florida. The effort may help save the region from climate change.

Two months after the seven states of the Colorado River basin failed to reach consensus on managing the waterway, the U.S.

Despite historic holiday storms resulting in reservoirs to overflow in California, Lake Mead’s water level declines in 2025.