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Colorado River Faces ‘Devastating Consequences’ If Another Dry Winter Lands, Experts Warn

Even a huge snowpack during the coming winter would only give the river basin states less than two years of storage before reservoirs returned to historic lows.

By Jake Bolster

After record-low snowpack across the Colorado River Basin, water levels remain low at Lake Powell on April 30, near Page, Ariz. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images
Jace Lankow and Zanna Stutz measure a beaver dam in Glen Canyon on Sept. 16. Environmental advocates say the return of beavers to the canyon is a sign that nature is thriving in areas that were once submerged by Lake Powell. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

As Lake Powell Recedes, Beavers are Building Back

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Boulder City, Nev., an original Hoover Dam power contractor, now receives additional electric power from the Townsite Solar Facility, located a few miles southwest of the city. Credit: Brett Walton/Circle of Blue

Solar Growth Cushions Colorado River Hydropower Declines

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue

Boaters cruise across Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on July 10 in Page, Ariz. Credit: Rebecca Noble/Getty Images

‘No One Comes Out of This Unscathed’: Experts Warn That Colorado River Use Needs Cutting Immediately

By Wyatt Myskow

The Gila River Indian Community in Arizona has lined 3,000 feet of their canals with solar panels. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Gila River Tribes Intend to Float Solar Panels on a Reservoir. Could the Technology Help the Colorado River?

By Jake Bolster

Diversion Dam is where Midvale irrigators divert water from the Big Wind River, which regional tribes want to flow at higher volumes past this point. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Giving a Dam: Wyoming Tribes Push to Control Reservation Water as the State Proposes Sending it to Outside Irrigators

By Jake Bolster

A view of the New Croton Reservoir in New York City. Credit: Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Invasive Species Spell Trouble for New York’s Beloved Tap Water

By Lauren Dalban

Gary Wockner, founder of the nonprofit Save the Colorado, stands in front of Boulder Creek on Oct. 22 in Boulder, Colo. Wockner's group has been fighting an expansion of the Gross Reservoir west of Boulder. Credit: Michael Kodas/Inside Climate News

Federal Court Ruling on a Reservoir Expansion Could Have Big Implications for the Colorado River

By Wyatt Myskow

An irrigation system waters an alfalfa field in Butler Valley, Arizona, on June 27, 2023. Credit: Caitlin O'Hara/The Washington Post via Getty Images

White House Looks to Safeguard Groundwater Supplies as Aquifers Decline Nationwide

By Wyatt Myskow

El puente de la carretera 90 cruza la presa de la Amistad cerca de Del Rio, Texas. El agua entregado a EE.UU. se almacena en dos embalses, donde los niveles de agua han bajado en los últimos meses. Fotografía por Omar Ornelas

La otra disputa fronteriza es sobre un tratado de aguas de 80 años

By Martha Pskowski

The U.S. 90 bridge crosses the Amistad Reservoir near Del Rio, Texas. Water deliveries from Mexico are stored at the reservoir, where water levels have dropped in recent months. Credit: Omar Ornelas

The Other Border Dispute Is Over an 80-Year-Old Water Treaty

By Martha Pskowski

Bob Martin, who manages hydropower at Glen Canyon Dam, shows the effects of cavitation on a decommissioned turbine on Nov. 2, 2022. When air pockets enter the dam's pipes, they cause structural damage. Water managers recently discovered similar damage in a little-used set of tubes that carry water to the Colorado River. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

A Plumbing Issue at This Lake Powell Dam Could Cause Big Trouble for Western Water

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Stagnant water sits below the dry spillway of Falcon Dam in Starr County on Aug. 18, 2022. Credit: Michael Gonzalez/The Texas Tribune

Another Hot, Dry Summer May Push Parts of Texas to the Brink

By Dylan Baddour

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