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

By Jake Bolster

Pennsylvania Fracking Company Surrenders Water Permits Over Concerns About Stream Flow

By Jon Hurdle

Wyoming Begins Exploring Voluntary Water Conservation Programs

By Jake Bolster

Skiers descend Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Colorado on May 4. Snowpack across the mountains that supply the Colorado River is far below normal for this time of year. Forecasts call for 55 percent of average runoff into Lake Powell, the nation's second-largest reservoir. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

A Dry Winter on the Colorado River Has Big Reservoirs on Track for Trouble

By Alex Hager, KUNC

In Booming Central Texas, Wastewater Is Polluting Rivers and Streams

By Dylan Baddour

South Texas Developers Make a Sales Pitch to Sell Groundwater. Will Laredo Buy It?

By Martha Pskowski

New Poll Shows Americans View Water That’s Safe to Drink and Reliably Supplied as Top Issues

By Wyatt Myskow

The Colorado River flows out of Lake Mead, the nation's largest reservoir, on Dec. 16, 2021. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Questions and Confusion as Trump Pauses Key Funding for Shrinking Colorado River

By Alex Hager, KUNC

In Chestnut, Black Alabamians Have Lived for Years Without Access to Public Water. There’s Little Hope in Sight

By Lee Hedgepeth

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

By Jake Bolster

Chris Bowers (right) surveys a site where nonfunctional turf is being replaced on the University of Northern Colorado campus on Jan. 15. The landscaping change will bring water use on that patch of campus down from about 3 million gallons each year to 1 million. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Replacing Grass Can Help Save Water, but Just How Much?

By Alex Hager, KUNC

The Colorado River flows through the Shoshone diversion structure on Jan. 29, 2024. A group trying to purchase Shoshone's water was set to receive $40 million from the federal government. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC/EcoFlight

Money for the Colorado River Faces an Uncertain Fate Under Trump

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Corpus Christi Launches Emergency Water Projects as Reservoirs Dwindle and Industrial Demand Grows

By Dylan Baddour

Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge

By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Amy Green, Dylan Baddour, Jake Bolster, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz, Phil McKenna

$Infinity Water Solutions’ mobile unit is used to treat fracking wastewater. Credit: Courtesy of Infinity Water Solutions$

New Mexico Lawmakers to Decide Whether Oil and Gas Wastewater Could Be Reused on Wide Scale

By Carrie Klein

The Sunbelt’s Growing Population Faces Increasing Climate Hazards

By Wyatt Myskow

In a First, Arizona’s Attorney General Sues an Industrial Farm Over Its Water Use

By Wyatt Myskow

The Colorado River flows through El Chausse, a restoration site in northwestern Mexico, on Oct. 26. Environmentalists hope policymakers will keep sending water to these sites after an existing agreement expires in 2026.

In the Dry Colorado River Delta, the Future of These Green Oases Hangs in the Balance

By Alex Hager, KUNC

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