JB Hamby is California’s lead negotiator in the historic negotiation over one of the state’s most vital sources of water.
Newly discovered damage in Glen Canyon Dam would require releasing less water at low reservoir levels — a problem that ...
Water and environment experts aim to make sure endangered fish, Grand Canyon ecosystems and more aren’t left out of the ...
Environmental organizations have influenced Colorado River management in the past. In 2007, they suggested that states take on voluntary water cuts for conservation purposes. That plan was ...
If the water level in Lake Powell falls too low, the dam may not be able to release water to downstream users.
To avoid this scenario, called “deadpool,” negotiators from California and Arizona – which use the most Colorado River water of any states — agreed last summer to massive temporary cuts in ...
The agricultural sector is the main target for cuts in water use ... Nearly three quarters of the water diverted from the Colorado River is being used for irrigation, according to the study.
The Colorado River's water levels are the lowest they have ... to reduce our use by 20 percent immediately, and we'll need to cut more as the climate warms and further reduces the river's flow." ...
The Colorado River loses 19.3 million acre feet of water per year to cities, farms and evaporation — roughly the amount of ...
The Colorado River has been overused for decades ... the researchers estimated that water users across the basin would need to cut their consumption by 2.4 million acre-feet to 3.4 million ...
Years of overuse by farms and cities, and the effects of drought worsened by climate change has meant much less water flows today through the Colorado River than in previous decades. Despite ...
In response to your Monday editorial on the Colorado River: No, Las Vegas is not to blame ... Every user must cut back and carefully plan for a future in which there will be considerably less ...