Lake Powell and Lake Mead are once again headed for dangerously low territory. And at the worst time for Colorado River ...

Recent strategies are not sustainable in the long term. Officials raise red flags over alarming outlook on iconic US lake: ...

The nation’s second largest reservoir is only about 30% full. If it drops much more, it could go below the hydropower ...

Lake Powell and a downstream reservoir, Lake Mead, can store up to 53.9 million acre-feet of water, or about 92% of the reservoir storage capacity in the entire Colorado River Basin. The basin’s ...

Lake Powell is a linchpin of the western U.S. water and energy systems, storing up to approximately 24 million acre-feet of water. The Glen Canyon Dam provides power to approximately 5 million people ...

As Colorado River states race to finish a deal, water users face a resource altered by drought and climate change.

* "Delta a Snag in Babbitt's Plan for Colorado River" (Dec. 26) described the devastation that lack of flow in the Colorado River has brought to its once verdant delta in Mexico.

LAKE POWELL, Utah — Muddy water whizzed past as John Weisheit steered a motorboat upstream in the Colorado River. He revved the engine as the boat sped around a bend and up a riffle. All along ...

A “bathtub ring” seen above the waterline around Lake Powell was created during drought that reduced the flow of the Colorado River on April 15, 2023 in Lake Powell, Utah. The flight for ...

An above-average year for snow doesn't guarantee an above-average runoff into Lake Powell. Here's how current conditions in the Colorado River Basin will affect the reservoir.

A receding Lake Powell is bringing Colorado River rapids in Utah back to life There's a lot of anxiety about climate change shrinking Lake Powell, but it also means whitewater rapids upstream have ...

This 10-question guide breaks down the role of Lake Powell in the Colorado River Basin, which is experiencing one of its worst droughts in 1,200 years.