Western Water Coverage
Stories about the Colorado River, drought, snowpack, and areas dependent on scarce water resources. Coverage is supported through a Walton Family Foundation grant.
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Alex Hager/KUNCStates that use Colorado River water need to agree on new rules for sharing it by 2026. If they don't, they will likely end up in messy court battles. -
Alex Hager/KUNCColorado River states appear to be coalescing around the early makings of a new plan to share water in a way that accounts for climate change. -
Ted Wood/The Water DeskCooke is the former manager of the Central Arizona Project. The region's water experts regard him as a qualified expert. -
Alex Hager/KUNCWater experts gathered at the University of Colorado, Boulder for talks about the future of the Colorado River. Top policymakers were notably absent.
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Researchers found massive depletion of the region's groundwater, adding more stress to the drought-stricken 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. -
The authors of a new memo say that states need to take shared water cutbacks to manage the Colorado River going forward. -
Utah is using a technology that can add more water to the state's supply. Others in the Colorado River basin are looking to expand. -
Russ Scholl's "periodic table of snow" contains more than 100 different slang names for snow. -
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. -
Nonfunctional turf replacement is an important tool in Colorado River water conservation, but even its proponents say it is a small part of the bigger picture.
