The Republican River Basin and several other regions of the state rely largely on groundwater. In a 2024 decision, Colorado Supreme Court justices pointed out that it would be difficult to overstate ...

Tribes across the West have worked with states to protect the Colorado River and conserve enough water to raise elevations in ...

The states along the Colorado River are proving the truth of the famous adage often attributed to Mark Twain: "Whiskey is for ...

Woes of the Colorado River have justifiably commanded broad attention. The slipping water levels in Lake Powell and other reservoirs provide a compelling argument for changes. How close to the cliff’s ...

Negotiators from seven states must tell the federal government on Tuesday whether they’ve made progress on an agreement to divide up water from the Colorado River. The river supplies drinking water ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska have reached a new agreement in their longstanding conflict over water in the Republican River basin, the states announced Friday. State leaders ...

The states of Colorado and Kansas have agreed on a settlement over the Republican River in eastern Colorado. On Friday the attorneys general of the two states announced that Colorado would pay Kansas ...

Bipartisan letter sent to federal agencies, calling on them to fund Colorado River drought-response projects Colorado’s entire congressional delegation, Republicans and Democrats alike, is calling for ...

“They’re asking me to give up the future we were promised and to make promises that I can’t keep,” a Wyoming official said. Disagreements over whether states in the Colorado River Basin should agree ...

New research based on satellite data shows the depletion of groundwater in the Colorado River Basin far exceeds losses from the river’s reservoirs. Scientists say overpumping is leading to alarmingly ...

As the Colorado River’s giant reservoirs have declined during the last two decades, even larger amounts of water have been pumped and drained from underground, according to new research based on data ...