Seven states rely on the Colorado River, but they continue to struggle to find a deal on how to use the river's water.

Lake Mead makes an unexpected gain, stashing water that wasn’t needed during California rains. A deal appears to be far off as Colorado River officials finish meetings in Las Vegas.

The San Juan River offers a way to deliver the promised volume of water to the United States, but the prolonged drought is ...

Negotiations over how to stabilize the shrinking Colorado River are so deadlocked that one of the seven state officials ...

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, could drop to its lowest level ever by 2027. This would threaten water supplies for 25 million people in the Southwest. The U.S. Bureau of ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The death of a woman who jumped from the Hoover Dam bypass bridge was the first known suicide since the sweeping arch linking Nevada and Arizona opened in October 2010, a federal ...

An atmospheric river is bringing a surge of moisture across California, with excessive rains causing Lake Oroville to rise more than 6 feet in the span of a day. Newsweek has contacted the California ...

The water flow is expected to increase by about 10% to return to normal levels, according to a press release by the corps.

California is poised to see its lowest use of Lake Mead water in 75 years this year, a milestone achieved through sweeping ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from ...

The seven states that share the river’s flows have been deadlocked for nearly two years over how to govern the waterway through the coming decades — even as water levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell ...