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.

California, Nevada and Arizona announce temporary plan to save water from the Colorado River

Three western U.S. states have announced a new two-year deal to stabilize the Colorado River. California, Nevada and Arizona ...

Why the Colorado River is once again facing a water crisis

A stopgap proposal from Arizona, California and Nevada is unlikely to break the stalemate in negotiations over the future of ...
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, ...
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 ...

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 ...
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 ...
Colorado Public Radio

Naming the Colorado River

With a reddish tint from sediment carried over long miles, the mighty river that carved the Grand Canyon has been known by many names. Some Indigenous peoples called it “Dirty Water.” Spanish ...