Lake Powell is now only about 30 feet above the minimum elevation needed for Glen Canyon Dam to generate hydroelectricity normally.

The water level at Lake Powell has fallen to a record low, days after Lake Mead reported the same dire milestone, in another sign of crisis along the Colorado River.

Arizona, California and Nevada face major water cuts as officials seek to protect reservoirs and hydropower across the West.

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced that it has finalized plans for the 2027-2028 Colorado River Operations, and Utah is not one of the states seeing major water cuts.

In the past 10 days, both Lake Mead on the Arizona-Nevada border and Lake Powell roughly 300 miles northeast on the Utah-Arizona line have recorded their lowest water levels since the reservoirs were ...

Water levels in Lake Powell have hit a new low of 3,519.91 feet above sea level, breaking a previous record set in April 2023.

Lake Powell, the giant reservoir on the Utah-Arizona border that helps power millions of homes, has fallen to its lowest level ever amid a worsening Western drought exacerbated by climate change. The ...

A debate is unfolding over whether the booming data center industry belongs in one of the country's most water-stressed regions.

BIG WATER, UTAH - JULY 31: Dry cracked earth is visible in a section of Lake Powell that was previously underwater at Lone Rock Beach on July 31, 2026 in Big Water, Utah. In July, the combined water ...

If the Colorado River Basin is the lifeblood of the American Southwest, keeping the region's agricultural, ecological and economic systems thriving, Colorado's West Slope River basins could be ...

GLEN CANYON, Utah — The tops of trees, dead since Lake Powell’s levels rose decades ago, poked through mud and ooze at the silent mouth of Davis Gulch, where the side canyon met the reservoir’s still ...

The two largest reservoirs in the country lie along the drought-stricken Colorado River, a vital artery for the American West.