The White House has told Western states it's working on a 10-year plan for the overtapped Colorado River that will allow for reassessing cutbacks every two years.

The Colorado River doesn’t begin with force or spectacle. It starts quietly, almost unnoticed. The landscape offers no hint of what the water will become downstream. That contrast is what makes the ...

The future of the Colorado River — a vital water source for 80% of Central and Southern Arizona — is more uncertain than ever. The seven Colorado River Basin states and the federal government have ...

‘The situation is dire’: Lake Powell is heading for a record low as Colorado River states remain deadlocked Colorado River states continue to work towards a plan to deal with a shrinking water supply ...

California’s melting snow is filling the state’s reservoirs. But dry conditions have shrunk the flow of the Colorado River, putting strains on a vital supply for Southern California. Experts warn that ...

FILE - The Colorado River in the upper River Basin is pictured in Lees Ferry, Ariz., on May 29, 2021. The Supreme Court has ruled against the Navajo Nation in a dispute involving water from the ...

For a century, the Colorado River has been managed in pieces. Legally and politically, it’s divided into two basins, with each state and community focused on securing its respective water supply. But ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Concerningly low amounts of water are flowing from Rocky Mountain snowpack this spring, a summer of drought looms across swaths of the West, and the ...

Following the Colorado River Basin states’ failure to reach an agreement, the future of the river and management of its two critical reservoirs now rest in the hands of the federal government.

On the Wednesday, March 18, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: A critically important source of water for seven western states, the Colorado River is now running out of water. What's the solution?