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

Under Biden last year, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation finalized a decision to allow releases of water to bypass Glen Canyon Dam’s hydropower infrastructure to curb invasive fish populations.

PAGE, Arizona -- A federal project to reshape part of the Colorado River upstream of Lees Ferry aims to stop invasive smallmouth bass from moving farther downriver.

Aerial view of Rochester city in upstate New York. Urban skyline in High Falls district with historical northeastern architecture. Dam Aerial View Dam with flowing water at hydroelectric power station ...

In a blistering letter, water officials in Arizona, California and Nevada recently took the federal government to task for failing to plan adequate measures to protect crucial Glen Canyon Dam ...

The Glen Canyon Dam rises in the desert along the Colorado River on April 18, 2023, in Page, Ariz. In a new letter to the feds, the Lower Basin states of Nevada, California and Arizona stress ...

The Glen Canyon Dam at Lake Powell in Arizona is set to receive $30.9 million in upgrades as part of President Joe Biden's Investing in America... Aerial view of the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona.

Modifying the dam would give water managers greater flexibility in dry years, and it would allow Glen Canyon to continue its ecological rebirth.

At dead pool, the 27 million people who rely on Colorado River water downstream from the dam would likely be forced to reduce water use quickly and involuntarily. But Lake Powell would still stretch ...

But Lake Powell would still stretch 100 miles into Glen Canyon at dead pool. That’s because there is a significant design flaw in the dam: There is no drain at the bottom.