According to federal data, compared with white households, Native American households are 19 times more likely to lack indoor ...

The Salt Lake Tribune reports seven states must agree on sharing Colorado River water by 2026 due to dwindling supplies and ...

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

New Mexico uses only about half of its allotment under the Colorado River Compact each year. But the basin’s water is essential for the state’s largest city: Albuquerque.

The clock is ticking on the Colorado River. The seven states that use its water are nearing a 2026 deadline to come up with new rules for sharing its shrinking supplies. After more than a year of ...

San Juan-Chama accounts for the bulk of the water New Mexico gets from the Colorado River Basin. There are some historic users such as Navajo Nation farmers diverting water separately from the ...

"We had a shortage this year in New Mexico," Fleck said. "As part of the Colorado River, we get water through what’s called the San Juan Chama project, which carries watter in tunnels beneath ...

New Mexico is among three Upper Basin states exceeding their agreed-upon allotment of Colorado River water, a trend that could lead to the possible curtailment of water use in the future, a ...

New Mexico could benefit from Colorado River Basin deal "This agreement has potential to benefit New Mexico who depend on Colorado River water for our drinking water," John Fleck said.

All seven states that tap the Colorado River Basin — including New Mexico — must get by with less. A warmer, drier climate, which has helped drive the West into its worst drought in 1,200 ...

With the two largest reservoirs in the nation perilously low, and the Colorado River Basin experiencing the worst drought in centuries, we decided to follow the river by bus from Grand Lake into ...

Colorado River tributaries serve relatively small portions of northwest and southwest New Mexico, but the basin’s water is essential for the state’s largest city: Albuquerque.