TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona water officials have outlined an ambitious plan to stave off shortages of Colorado River water or at least lessen the impact.
National weather and wildfire experts say the American Southwest is one of the regions hardest hit by drought as many areas have received just a fraction of their normal precipitation while temperatures have climbed.
Water managers say there's a better-than-even possibility that Mexico and the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada will get less water from the Colorado River in 2020 because of a drought.
DENVER (AP) — Forecasters say one of the most important reservoirs in the Southwestern U.S. will likely collect less than half its normal amount of spring runoff this year because of a warm, dry winter across much of the region.
PHILLIPS STATION, Calif. (AP) — California's water managers are saying it's too early for fears that the state is sliding back into its historic five-year drought.
The main focus of water managers up and down the Colorado River is keeping Lake Mead high enough that emergency drought measures do not have to kick in.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new NASA study says loss of water from rocks during drought caused California's Sierra Nevada to rise nearly an inch in height from October 2011 to October 2015.
Snowpack and water storage are up in Washoe County, so the water authority won’t require residents to cut back by a specific amount. Why does one good year of snowfall allow for relaxed conservation?
