Arizona’s water bank is shifting from storing Colorado River water to using stored credits to help communities cope with shortages.
Tag: Colorado River
Heavy tropical rains eased drought across parts of the Southwest, bringing significant improvement to areas of the Colorado River Basin.
New research finds vegetation taps groundwater during hot, dry summers, reducing water that would otherwise reach Colorado River headwater streams.
Crews have removed 17 million tons of uranium mill tailings from beside the Colorado River near Moab, but groundwater cleanup remains.
World Economic Forum opinion calls Colorado River ‘water bankruptcy’
A World Economic Forum opinion calls the Colorado River’s supply-demand imbalance “water bankruptcy” and points to ways to address it.
Video: If Upper Basin states save water, who gets the credit?
Upper Basin states want credit and protection for voluntarily conserved Colorado River water as Lake Powell remains at just 22% of live storage. This issues and more are explored in this week's Water...