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Colorado river's Hoover Dam contains enough concrete to pave a standard highway from San Francisco to New York City, and the 90-year-old engineering marvel is still growing stronger

Hoover Dam continues to mature like a living being, gaining strength over time. Engineers employed massive refrigeration systems to prevent structural damage due to heat. This landmark project provided vital employment and continues to supply essential resources.

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Water to surge into drought-depleted Lake Powell but at costs elsewhere

Desert canyons in eastern Utah will be churning this spring with huge volumes of water in a desperate attempt to keep a reservoir on the Colorado River generating electricity

The Independent UK

Western US states fail to agree on plan to manage Colorado River before federal deadline

Stakeholders have spent months ironing out disagreements over how to distribute water from the sprawling basin

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The San Antonio Flood of 1921 Held Lessons We Refuse to Learn

There is nothing unknown about what triggered the brutal Hill Country flood of 2025 and so many others dating back to the nineteenth century.

Texas Observer

Water-rich Gila River tribe near Phoenix flexes its political muscles in a drying West

The Gila River Indian Community near Phoenix has one of the largest shares of Colorado River water flowing through Arizona

The Independent UK

The Rio Grande isn't just a border – it's a river in crisis

The Rio Grande is one of the longest rivers in North America, running some 1,900 miles (3,060 kilometers) from the Colorado Rockies southeast to the Gulf of Mexico. It provides fresh water for seven U.S. and Mexican states, and forms the border between Texas and Mexico, where it is known…

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Arizona's water crisis is slowing growth

Arizona's water crisis is slowing growth as groundwater shortages and a dwindling Colorado River compound

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California emerges as big winner in Colorado River water deal

LOS ANGELES — Monday’s historic Colorado River agreement represents a big win for California, which only months ago was embroiled in a bitter feud with Arizona, Nevada and four other Western states over how to dramatically reduce their use of water supplies in the shrinking river.

Los Angeles Times

Historic Colorado River deal not enough to stave off long-term crisis, experts say

Agreement between California, Arizona and Nevada will cut water consumption by 13% but experts warn river is still in serious peril

The Guardian - US

Is landmark deal over the Colorado River enough to stave off disaster?

The groundbreaking deal announced Monday to cut water use from the Colorado River comes after months of negotiations.

Los Angeles Times

US states agree breakthrough deal to prevent Colorado River from drying up

‘Huge lift’ as California, Arizona and Nevada agree with US government to take about 13% less water from drought-stricken river

The Guardian - US

Michael Hiltzik: The fight over the Colorado River is a 100-year-old interstate grudge match

Arizona was girding for war with California over the Colorado River.

Los Angeles Times

As climate change and overuse shrink Lake Powell, the emergent landscape is coming back to life – and posing new challenges

As Western states haggle over reducing water use because of declining flows in the Colorado River Basin, a more hopeful drama is playing out in Glen Canyon.

The Conversation

Conservation talks expected at Colorado River water users confab

LAS VEGAS — As western water managers get set to gather in Las Vegas this week, a long-sought deal to curtail water use along the cratering Colorado River still seems a ways off.

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Wyoming vs. Colorado State: CSU Keys, How to Watch, Odds, Prediction

Colorado State welcomes Wyoming to Fort Collins for the 114th edition of the Border War. Can the Rams bring the Bronze Boot home?

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US gov forces Colo. River water cutbacks

The Interior Department outlined a path for unilateral cuts last week, upping the pressure on western states

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Hawai’i vs. Colorado State: CSU Keys, How to Watch, Odds, Predicition

The CSU Rams welcome Hawai'i to Fort Collins. The Rams are looking to get back in the win column and we have some keys for them to do so.

The Independent UK

In Mexico's dry north, Colorado River adds to uncertainty

A small fraction of the Colorado River manages to reach Northern Mexico to irrigate its fields and provide for the daily needs of millions of residents

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The Independent UK

100 years after compact, Colorado River nearing crisis point

In November 1922, seven land-owning white men brokered a deal to allocate water from the Colorado River, which winds through the West and ends in Mexico

The Conversation

Rivers worldwide are running dry – here's why and what we can do about it

Rivers around the world have been drying up recently. The Loire in France broke records in mid-August for its low water levels, while photos circulating online show the mighty Danube, Rhine, Yangtze and Colorado rivers all but reduced to trickles.

The Independent UK

US government steps in over drought-savaged Colorado River with water cuts for Arizona, Nevada and Mexico

Lake Mead and Lake Powell at historic lows, with combined 28 per cent capacity

Los Angeles Times

As Colorado River reservoirs drop, Western states urged to ‘act now’

With the Colorado River’s depleted reservoirs continuing to drop to new lows, the federal government has taken the unprecedented step of telling the seven Western states that rely on the river to find ways of drastically cutting the amount of water they take in the next two months.

Los Angeles Times

Amid severe drought, former Interior secretary calls for revamping Colorado River pact

LOS ANGELES — One hundred years after a landmark agreement divided the waters of the Colorado River among Western states, the pact is now showing its age as a hotter and drier climate has shrunk the river.

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