Colorado River overallocation collides with Colorado snowpack conditions

Tapped: Colorado’s Front Range is at the center of one of the American West’s most complex and consequential water challenges ...
Summit County

The Colorado River is salty. But where does salinity come from, and what’s being done about it?

Of all the challenges facing the Colorado River, there’s at least one that all stakeholders are working on collaboratively, not competitively — salinity. Since 1974, the seven Colorado River basin ...
koaa

Colorado Springs Utilities looks toward long-term water plan after failed Colorado River negotiations

Colorado River Basin states once again failed to reach an agreement on new operational guidelines. The most recent deadline was February 14th, but Colorado Springs Utilities says it's ready. COLORADO ...
AZ Central

How much water flows down the Colorado River? The right answer is more important than ever

The seven states on the Colorado River are spending millions of dollars to accurately measure how much water flows downstream and how much is taken out along the way. Quantifying the river's flow is ...
The Aspen Times

Colorado, upper basin entities call for ‘durable,’ supply-driven management of Colorado River in federal comment period

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.