An official from Utah, during a Colorado River conference at CU Boulder last month, framed the consideration as a “divorce” ...

Carson City, Nev. • Nevada lawmakers are considering a remarkable shift in allowing the water agency that manages the Colorado River supply for Las Vegas to limit single-family residential use ...

The Colorado River proposal from Arizona, California and Nevada aims to conserve at least 3 million acre-feet of water through the end of 2026. Latest U.S.

Rockies snowpack season for Colorado River basin off to rocky start Las Vegas’ water managers are waiting and watching before make any sweeping conclusions about this year’s snowpack numbers.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Only a few miles from the Las Vegas Strip, in the Mojave Desert, is an unlikely scene: A county park with walking trails and thick vegetation that circles a vibrant rush of ...

U.S. officials announced Tuesday that two U.S. states reliant on water from the Colorado River will face more water cuts as they endure extreme drought. The move affecting Arizona and Nevada came ...

U.S. says drought-stricken Arizona and Nevada will get less water from Colorado River Updated August 16, 2022 4:30 PM ET Originally published August 16, 2022 2:29 AM ET By ...

The federal government will impose deeper cuts on the drought-stricken Colorado River, officials said Tuesday, reducing water deliveries to Arizona and Nevada starting in January. The Bureau of ...

On Wednesday, Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN), Chispa Nevada, and Make the Road Nevada (MRNV) joined Rep. Steven Horsford in a press conference ...

Reclamation’s annual decree on water cuts is released in conjunction with its 24-month projections for water levels in the Colorado River Basin, which spans seven states and includes the Lake ...

Accordingly, the compact gave Nevada the smallest cut of the Colorado River: 1.8 percent, or just 300,000 acre-feet (an acre foot is the amount of water needed to fill an acre to a depth of one foot).

Unlike other states of the Colorado River Basin, Nevada has one main river user: Las Vegas. The world famous city in the desert is responsible for more than 90 percent of the state’s diversions ...