Colorado River

Top water negotiators declined to speak at an upcoming conference amid closed-door meetings about the future of the water supply for 40 million people.

Drought conditions in the Rocky Mountains could further lower water levels at Lake Powell.

The authors of a new memo say that states need to take shared water cutbacks to manage the Colorado River going forward.

The Lower Basin states of California, Arizona, and Nevada are asking for a fresh look at proposals for sharing the shrinking water supply and changes to Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon Dam.

President Donald Trump froze billions of dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act that was designed to protect water supplies for cities, farms and tribes.

States that use the Colorado River say they don't want to go to the Supreme Court, but some are quietly preparing for litigation.

Funding from the Inflation Reduction Act was allocated to conserve water and protect habitat, but President Trump's executive order put that spending on pause.

A program in Utah is paying farmers to make their irrigation equipment more efficient, but researchers say it may not be saving as much water as it appears.

Disagreement, bickering, and uncertainty defined 2024 for the Southwest's shrinking water supply.

Money from the Inflation Reduction Act has helped save water in the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin. President-elect Trump appears poised to take away funding for those programs.