KJZZ

There's a new plan for managing the Colorado River. Here's what you should know

A proposal for managing Colorado River Water comes from Arizona, California and Nevada. KJZZ breaks down the details and what comes next.

Hydropower at risk as Colorado River outlook grows more dire

Runoff into the Colorado is at near record-low levels, and a new report calls out the need for emergency action.
KJZZ

This new Colorado River plan could give Arizona a ‘lifeline and cause for hope’

There’s a new plan on the table for managing the Colorado River after more than a year of deadlocked negotiations. Arizona, ...

Critics question feds’ plans for future of Colorado River: In years of severe drought, ‘the system is failing’

We’re not looking at an incremental step here,” said Brad Udall of Colorado State University. “We’re looking at a complete ...
Summit County

The Colorado River is salty. But where does salinity come from, and what’s being done about it?

Of all the challenges facing the Colorado River, there’s at least one that all stakeholders are working on collaboratively, not competitively — salinity. Since 1974, the seven Colorado River basin ...
Times of San Diego

Colorado River negotiators are nearly out of time — and snowpack

The Colorado River basin spans parts of California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming, and serves over 40 million people across the seven states, 30 tribes and Mexico. (Photo by ...
The Denver Post

Colorado River may deliver just a third of normal water supplies this spring, projections show

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Extended warm weather across the Colorado River basin may reduce the amount of water delivered during the spring runoff to just a third of normal, according ...