Federal officials have said they have no choice but to reduce water flows from Lake Powell, hundreds of miles upstream, to ...

For generations, the presence of Hoover Dam and its massive power plant routinely translated into cheap electricity for ...

Federal water managers are putting the nation’s largest dam in a precarious position as they try to balance out the Colorado River system in a year of record low snowpack. Toward the bottom of the ...

Lake Powell is set to release a historic low amount of water this year. As a result, Lake Mead's water levels could drop ...

Federal officials will release unprecedented volumes of water from Flaming Gorge Reservoir to boost Lake Powell’s level and keep Glen Canyon Dam’s hydropower running, but the move will sharply cut ...

On Friday, the Department of the Interior announced an emergency plan for Colorado River drought management that could send ...

More than 215 billion gallons of water will be released downstream to Lake Powell, but Lake Mead will take big hit under a ...

“Given the risks facing the Colorado River system, it is imperative that we take action quickly," one official said.

Bureau of Reclamation officials are taking actions to try to preserve the Colorado River, which includes reducing releases ...

Lake Mead is again under scrutiny as new federal projections warn of worsening water conditions at the nation’s largest reservoir.

Colorado River states approve emergency Flaming Gorge releases as Lake Powell nears hydropower thresholds, signaling deeper ...