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Lake Mead Drains to Record Low As Western Drought Deepens

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Despite drying conditions, four states plan additional water…

Jolted by Reality, Colorado River Water Managers Plan for Persistent Drought

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Unprepared for more years of drought, basin states work to preserve…

With Moisture Scarce, California Water Providers Turn to Economic Tools

California’s record drought prompts water districts to increase conservation spending, drain rainy day funds, and dramatically swell water rates.

NASA’s GRACE Satellites Show Colorado River Basin’s Biggest Water Losses Are Groundwater (2005-2013)

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During presentations this week at the annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, researchers at the University of California, Irvine, announced that the region's most visible signs of drought – shrinking reservoirs – are dwarfed by groundwater losses.

Guess Who Proposed the Missouri River Pipeline in the Federal Government’s Colorado River Basin Study?

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Hint: It’s not who you might think, says Circle of Blue reporter Brett Walton.
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Fallowing Farmland: A New Card in Arizona’s Water Shuffle

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A pilot project will test how much water can be saved by not growing crops.
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Fortune Telling: Colorado River Teeters Toward First-ever Shortage Declaration

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In the short term, water prices would rise and groundwater pumping would increase. In the long term, demand would have to drop.

U.S. Marks At Least 65 Years of National Water Crisis

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A short history lesson about water shortage, water wars, and…

The Stream, April 4: Study Finds Flawed Fish Ladders on U.S. Dams

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Queens College professor John Waldman took to Yale Environment…

Runoff Forecast for Colorado River Shrinks in March

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Heading into the last weeks of winter, the Colorado River Basin…

The Stream, February 11: Water Shortages in Northeast U.S.

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Droughts and water scarcity in Texas, Colorado and Mississippi…

Report: Evaporation from California Irrigation Adds Enough Water to Colorado River to Supply 3 Million People

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A new study says that cross-border evaporation can be added to the list of supply and policy problems that water and land managers in the arid Southwest US. should ponder.