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What happens when Colorado River drought plans end in 2026?
Ongoing drought continues to strain the water supply from the Colorado River, but some Arizona agencies are finding new ways ...
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Why does the Colorado River seem to vanish at a certain point in Glenwood Canyon?
The Colorado River is starting to swell with spring runoff, but just a few months ago, Avi Stopper clocked a gap in the ...
Dust continues to impact Colorado River’s water flow, Utah study finds
The Colorado River is a vital water source for a large chunk of the West, but dust continues to impact its reliability, a recent Utah-led study finds.
KNPR1d
Colorado River states were supposed to agree on a water plan. Where's that at today?
Every year, we watch snowfall in the Rocky Mountains to see if enough snowmelt trickles down the Colorado. And we watch ...
The engineering marvel that carries water under a mountain to Southern California
The San Jacinto Tunnel is a 13-mile-long, concrete-lined water tunnel built between 1933 and 1939, carrying Colorado River ...
Running Dry: There’s a growing alarm that Central Texas, like the rest of our state, is quickly running out of fresh water
A combination of rapid population growth and lingering drought is the one-two punch that has officials and lawmakers worried ...
The Indianapolis Star6d
Billions of dollars later, Arizona is almost out of water, time and options | Opinion
Arizona will face significant water cuts, potentially deeper than ... The same could be said for the demise of the Colorado River. Many of us have seen this train wreck coming for years, the ...
SummitDaily.com3d
Colorado River Basin states have just weeks left to agree on plan
During a tour of the Western Slope last week, U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., said he was frustrated with the pace of ...
St George News4d
Plan to pay farmers not to grow crops could help the Colorado River and Utah politically
The Colorado River Authority of Utah, which manages the mighty river for the state, has launched the "Utah Demand Management ...
The Aspen Times9d
With future funding of Colorado’s water projects uncertain, lawmakers begin to hunt for solutions
He pointed to the Shoshone hydroelectric plan in Glenwood Canyon, the source of a historic water rights deal, as an example.
Science Daily7d
Major dust-up for water in the Colorado River
Dust-on-snow is a major threat to water in the Colorado River, yet no snowmelt forecasts integrate dust-accelerated melt. Using pioneering remote sensing techniques, new research is the first to ...