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The seven states that share the Colorado River are floating a new concept for how water could be shared in the future, ...
A report shows that both Mead and Powell have "reached alarmingly low levels, holding just one-third of their usual capacity.
The worst-case forecast has Lake Powell falling to low enough levels by the end of next year to halt electricity production ...
Arizona’s water chief is offering a new path out of the morass in Colorado River negotiations — a proposal to tie future ...
An official from Utah, during a Colorado River conference at CU Boulder last month, framed the consideration as a “divorce” ...
While snowpack was 92% of average, only 54% of average runoff made it into Lake Powell. Central Arizona Project Analyst Nolie ...
Lake Mead has dropped about 2 feet since the beginning of June as drought conditions continue to worsen across Nevada.
In May, hydrologists forecasted that spring runoff into Lake Powell would be the lowest in years. A month later, the projections have only gotten worse. The Colorado Basin River Forecast Center ...
The invasive species were introduced as sport fish in Lake Powell. For a long time ... The money and the effort are worth it, according to Stevens. The Colorado River has a completely unique ...
A top Interior Department official told negotiators they must have a plan by Nov. 11 or face the federal government taking ...
That means Lake Mead will get 7 million acre-feet from Powell in the water year 2021-22, which ends Sept. 30, 2022 — the lowest release from Powell in many years.
Jay Famiglietti, a global futurist professor at Arizona State University and one of the authors of the research, said ...