Here’s everything you need to know about the river many call the “lifeline of the Southwest.” Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The Colorado River ...

All this suggests another subpar runoff in the San Juan and Animas rivers. They contribute to Lake Powell, one of two big water bank accounts on the Colorado River. When I visited the reservoir in May ...

The seven states that rely on water from the shrinking Colorado River are unlikely to agree to voluntarily make deep reductions in their water use, negotiators say, which would force the federal ...