Negotiators are looking at a different way to measure the amount of water in the river, providing a framework for a possible ...

Up-basin in Colorado River tributaries in Eagle County — where naturally occurring salinity is very low — Interstate 70 probably accounts for the largest input of salt, Kanzer said.

But the snowmelt that filled the Colorado River’s tributaries was only 30 percent of average. ... and a laser imaging system called lidar created a detailed map of the snow’s surface.

The basin’s snowpack typically peaks in early April before melting into the Colorado River and its tributaries over the spring and summer, eventually flowing into Lake Powell and Lake Mead.

Upstream states on the Colorado River are investing in measurement technology, ... with the largest share going to measuring the water upper basin users divert from the Colorado and its tributaries.

The source of salinity depends on where you are in the Colorado River Basin and when you’re looking. Up-basin in Colorado River tributaries in Eagle County — where naturally occurring salinity is very ...