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Meager snowpack adds to Colorado River’s woes, straining flows to Southern California
Melting snow from California's Sierra Nevada is filling reservoirs. But dry conditions have shrunk the flow of the Colorado ...
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Colorado River Water Crisis Worsens As Groundwater Vanishes
Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports on new research showing that the Colorado River Basin has ...
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When flows are low, river recreators seek out new allies and avoid making enemies
What used to be a calm stretch of the Yampa River near Craig, Colorado, now boasts a new set of rollicking whitewater rapids.
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With Colorado River negotiators in a 'conclave,' other experts are on the outside looking in
Water experts gathered at the University of Colorado, Boulder for talks about the future of the Colorado River. Top ...
Lake Mead water crisis: “We’re kind of on a knife’s edge between being OK and being in very scary, catastrophic situations”
The largest reservoir in the US is under threat again, with low runoff and rising temperatures raising the risk of supply ...
The Colorado River is running low. The picture looks even worse underground, study says.
The Colorado River Basin has lost twice as much groundwater since 2003 as water taken out of its reservoirs, according to a ...
The Colorado River Basin has lost as much groundwater as the entire volume of Lake Mead
Deep below the surface of the ground in one of the driest parts of the country, there is a looming problem: The water is ...
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Manitou Springs in southern Colorado faces water crisis after storms clog main source with debris
City officials say recent heavy rain across southern Colorado led to a surge of debris in French Creek, the city's main water source and a backup pipeline is currently under repair. "We have an ...
Groundwater is rapidly declining in the Colorado River Basin, satellite data show
As the Colorado River’s reservoirs have declined, even larger amounts of groundwater have been drained from aquifers. Using ...
Groundwater supplies are plunging across the Colorado River Basin: Study
The Colorado River Basin’s groundwater supplies are dwindling, thanks to a combination of both natural events and human pumping activities, a new study has found. The critical Western system ...
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The Colorado River is running low. The picture looks even worse underground, study says.
Water losses over the past decade ... The declining flow of the Colorado River over that period has reached crisis levels as major reservoirs declined to dangerous levels and prompted the basin ...