Amidst increasing water shortages, the Colorado River Basin states and the Bureau of Reclamation signed a historic drought contingency plan. Officials worry that due to shrinking supply, a Tier 2...

When water is scarce, should private investors and hedge funds have the right to buy up water rights, forcing farmers and others to pay even more per acre-foot? The California legislature and a...

Producers in the Sacramento Valley -- once called America's Breadbasket -- are facing water cuts because federally managed water from Lake Shasta is not available.

Human-driven climate change is adding intensity to drought -- characterized as the "next pandemic" by the United Nations. In the Western states, it is predicted that the current drought will continue...

Water levels at the Great Salt Lake continue to drop, and some Utah lawmakers are considering desperate measures such as piping salt water from the Pacific Ocean into the lake.

Communities across Utah are participating in the 'Flip Blitz' program, which converts grassy lawns and strips with waterwise landscapes. The effort is part of the state's efforts to deal with its...