Lake Mead, capable of storing about 29 million acre-feet of water, supplies drinking water to tens of millions of people.

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

Lake Mead is holding steady, about 7 feet lower than it was last year, but projections released Tuesday show it will have a ...

A recent 24-month forecast shows the country’s largest water reservoir could drop below historic low levels by the end of ...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation should start planning to modify the Glen Canyon Dam, which plugs the Colorado to form Lake ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued an extreme heat watch on Monday for the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and ...

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

Officials have indicated that Lake Powell, the nation's second-largest reservoir by capacity, could potentially see water levels drop low enough to halt hydropower generation by December 2026.

Western Wyoming irrigators are frustrated after being shut off earlier than normal to send Colorado River Basin water downstream. State officials ...

Zebra mussels are similar to another invasive mollusk, the quagga mussel, which has not been detected in Colorado’s lakes and ...

Critical reservoirs Lakes Mead, Powell hit 'alarmingly low levels' again A report shows that both Mead and Powell have "reached alarmingly low levels, holding just one-third of their usual capacity." ...

It's difficult to overstate the lake's importance. Scientists raise red flags after iconic US lake hits alarming new record: ...