Denver Water approves Stage 1 drought restrictions, limiting watering
The Denver Board of Water Commissioners enacted Stage 1 drought restrictions Wednesday across the water provider’s metro service…
After the West’s historic snow drought, spring could bring water shortages and wildfires
At ski resorts across the West this winter, viral images showed chairlifts idling over brown terrain in places…
Colorado’s drought may be severe and prolonged (Opinion)
We are two and a half decades into the Southwest’s most severe drought of the last 1,200 years,…
Colorado River projected to deliver a third of normal water supplies
Extended warm weather across the Colorado River basin may reduce the amount of water delivered during the spring…
Durango braces for a water crisis coming after historically low snowpack (Opinion)
Denver never stops seeking more water for its burgeoning population. But Durango, a town of 19,000 people across…
Feds pursue own Colorado River management plans with states at impasse
Absent a crucial but elusive consensus among the seven Colorado River states, federal authorities are forging ahead with…
Latest snowpack measurements show California water supplies in decent shape
Topline: Despite a slow start, California’s snowpack has started to catch up to historical averages for this time…
Recent storms boosted California’s snowpack, but there’s still a long way to go
California’s snowpack remains below average despite the powerful atmospheric river storms that pounded the West Coast around Christmas,…
Upcoming drought could be Oregon’s worst in over a century
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — As we approach the fall season, we are preparing for a drought in the…
Colorado drought intensifies as streamflows wither amid wildfires
Drought and long, hot summer days are sucking Western Colorado’s rivers dry, parching farm fields and fueling the…