PHOENIX—Arizona is the first state to experience deep cuts caused by a drought-driven decline in the Colorado River, one of the most important water sources in the American Southwest. Farmers in the fast-growing state are losing most of the water they get from the Colorado this year, and many are leaving large tracts of land… >> Read More
The seven Colorado River basin states have a plan to temporarily stabilize Lake Powell. It contains some pain and not a lot of gain. Yet no one balked. And that’s a win. That should signal how dire the circumstances have become. The U.S. Department of the Interior noted in an April 8 letter to the… >> Read More
The first clues appear in sewer water. And those clues are piling up. As the United States enters year three of the coronavirus pandemic, disease trackers are trying to stay one step ahead of the constantly evolving virus – by hunting for it in feces. In Maine, hospitals are on alert for a potential surge… >> Read More
Green lawns, old appliances and leaky pipes all consume significant amounts of California’s water, and researchers have calculated in a new study that the state could reduce water use by more than 30% in cities and suburbs by investing in measures to use water more efficiently. The study by the Pacific Institute, a water think… >> Read More
Stretching for 186 miles along the border of Utah and Arizona, Lake Powell serves as one of two major reservoirs that anchor the Colorado River. Last week, the lake reached a disturbing new milestone: water levels fell to their lowest threshold ever, since the lake was created by the damming of the Colorado in 1963…. >> Read More