K. Nowak, M. Hoerling, B. Rajagopalan, & E. Zagona (2012). “Colorado River Basin Hydroclimatic Variability,” Journal of Climate, 25 (2), 4389–4403. Abstract: An analysis of annual hydroclimatic ...

The seven states that use water from the Colorado River – Arizona, California and Nevada comprise the Lower Basin – have just over a month left to agree on how the nation’s two largest reservoirs ...

Seasonal snowmelt is a primary contributor to annual runoff in the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB), a region that serves ... were spatially averaged to nine HUC 6 subbasins and aggregated to ...

On the domestic level, the seven U.S. basin states are currently negotiating an update to the Colorado River’s operational guidelines, which are set to expire at the end of 2026.

indicating that a unified front on how to update expiring operating guidelines is not in the basin’s near future. At the second day of the Colorado River Water Users Association conference ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -The future of the Colorado River Basin was the hot topic for several western Colorado entities on Monday. The Colorado Basin Roundtable is a group of stakeholders who ...

Utah and the six other Colorado River basin states met virtually toward the end of April to address their differing opinions on how Lake Powell and Lake Mead should be managed in the long term and ...

Learn about physical characteristics of the Colorado River basin, including climate, rock type, soils, vegetation and river flow. Need for water management Water management is needed on the ...

The 30th annual Arkansas River Basin Water Forum in Pueblo recently brought together water managers and users from all over Colorado to talk about the often contentious nature of water in the ...