Monsoon storms ease drought in Arizona and New Mexico, while heat and dryness worsen conditions elsewhere in the Colorado River Basin.
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New Mexico is offering $35 million to help turn salty groundwater into usable water and reduce pressure on limited freshwater supplies.
Monsoon storms eased drought in parts of Arizona and New Mexico this week, but extreme and exceptional drought still gripped much of Colorado and Wyoming.
Severe and extreme drought gripped the Colorado River Basin in July 2026, as wildfires burned across parched Colorado and dry skies offered little relief.
A late-season storm brought little relief to the West as low streamflows and worsening drought signal a difficult summer ahead for the Colorado River Basin.
All 33 New Mexico counties have been designated drought disaster areas, making farmers and ranchers eligible for low-interest emergency loans.