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Valley water officials urge legislators to invest in water resources
Members of a water authority for Valley cities are urging the state Legislature to spend money bolstering other water sources because of uncertainty surrounding the state’s Colorado River water supply....
Colorado River: Upper Basin states must be willing to compromise
At the end of the year, the current agreement governing water in the Colorado River will end. The agreement includes seven states. The four Upper Basin states are Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The three Lower Basin states are Neva...
Colorado River states likely only have one last chance to cut a deal. Here's why.
A new February deadline for a Colorado River deal is likely the last chance for the seven states involved to decide how to share water from the diminished river....
Lake Powell could drop to crisis levels in 2026
As negotiators fight over how to curb overuse of the depleted Colorado River for the next 20 years, the river itself is on the verge of a short-term crisis that could erupt in less than a year....
Report titled "Dancing with Deadpool" paints grim picture of Colorado River water use problems
A new report compiled by the University of Colorado's Colorado River Research Group warns that threats to the river's water supply are now so severe that they pose a significant risk to the water supply in seven Western states and tribal ar...