Even-steven. That was the intent of delegates from the seven basin states in 1922 when they met near Santa Fe to forge a ...

Deep below the surface of the ground in one of the driest parts of the country, there is a looming problem: The water is ...

The Colorado River Basin lost an alarming amount of groundwater over the past 20 years, a new study found. Nearly 28 million acre-feet of water has been depleted from the region, nearly the volume of ...

Water managers are preparing for another potentially lackluster runoff this year in the Colorado River Basin. At a meeting Tuesday, water managers from the Upper Colorado River Commission agreed to ...

The compact states that its major purpose is “for the equitable division and apportionment” of Colorado River water uses between the Upper Basin (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming ...

The seven states on the Colorado River are spending millions of dollars to accurately measure how much water flows downstream and how much is taken out along the way. Quantifying the river's flow ...

A Reclamation map (above) released today of the upper ... A full list of current SWE measurements in the Upper Colorado River Basin appears below: ...

Snowpack across the entire Upper Colorado River Basin sits at 95% of median as the winter draws to a close, according to a report released this week by the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center.

Seasonal snowmelt is a primary contributor to annual runoff in the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB), a region that serves as a critical water resource for the western United States. Recent shifts in ...

The Upper Colorado River Commission on Monday voted unanimously to move ahead with the creation of a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation that would provide accounting and ...