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In the West, pressure to count water lost to evaporation

More than 10% of the water carried by the Colorado River evaporates, leaks or spills as the 1,450-mile powerhouse of the West flows through the region’s dams, reservoirs and open-air canals

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AP Exclusive: Emails reveal tensions in Colorado River talks

Competing priorities, outsized demands and the federal government's retreat from a threatened deadline all combined to thwart a voluntary deal last summer on how to drastically cut water use from the parched Colorado River

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Colorado River states attempt to reach water-use plan — again - Roll Call

The seven states in the Colorado River basin are meeting over the next few days to draft proposals for managing water levels amid a drought.

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Lake Mead’s decline may slow, thanks to winter’s wet start

LAS VEGAS — Hefty snowfalls from a series of atmospheric rivers have brought a slightly rosier outlook for the beleaguered Colorado River.

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Why heavy winter rain and snow won't be enough to pull the West out of a megadrought

This winter could provide some relief for parched reservoirs in the Colorado River Basin, but climate scientists warn that the severe drought won't end with one wet season.

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One Small Step for Native American Water Rights

The Colorado River Indian Tribes have just won a victory—but there are a lot more controls that need to be lifted.

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California officials paint gloomy water picture: golf industry must do more to meet ongoing drought

A desert course can use up to 1 million gallons of water a day in the heat of the summer, less in the cooler winter months.

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Biden signs water bills benefiting 3 tribes in Arizona

President Joe Biden has approved three bills that will improve access to water for three tribes in Arizona amid an unrelenting drought

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In Arizona, Colorado River crisis stokes worry over growth and groundwater depletion

BUCKEYE, Ariz. — Kathleen Ferris stared across a desert valley dotted with creosote bushes, wondering where the water will come from to supply tens of thousands of new homes. In the distance, a construction truck rumbled along a dirt road, spewing dust.

Los Angeles Times

Water war brewing over Colorado River

Diminished by climate change and overuse, the river can no longer provide the water states try to take from it

Salon

Federal officials say urgent action needed to protect shrinking Colorado River reservoirs

LAS VEGAS — With Colorado River reservoirs nearing dangerously low levels, the federal government has given basin states a Jan. 31 deadline to negotiate major water cuts and stave off a possible collapse in supplies.

Los Angeles Times

Conferees told Colorado River action 'absolutely critical'

The word “crisis” ended a Colorado River conference that drew representatives from Southwest U.S. states, tribes and Mexico to Las Vegas this week

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Growing fears of ‘dead pool’ on Colorado River as drought threatens Hoover Dam water

LAS VEGAS — The Colorado River’s largest reservoirs stand nearly three-quarters empty, and federal officials now say there is a real danger the reservoirs could drop so low that water would no longer flow past Hoover Dam in two years.

Los Angeles Times

More questions than answers at Colorado River water meetings

More questions than answers are surfacing at a conference in Las Vegas about what to do about projected shortages of Colorado River water relied upon by seven U.S. states, Native American tribes and Mexico

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Drought emergency declared for all of Southern California

LOS ANGELES — As California faces the prospect of a fourth consecutive dry year, officials with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California have declared a regional drought emergency and called on water agencies to immediately reduce their use of all imported supplies.

The Independent UK

Colorado River water users convening amid crisis concerns

Living with less water in the U.S. Southwest is the focus this week for a conference in Las Vegas about the drought-stricken and overpromised Colorado River

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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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Toad venom smokers urged to go vegan

The Colorado River toad is being poached for its psychoactive venom. Is the lab-made version just as good?

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US government pledges $250 million to help ailing Salton Sea

LOS ANGELES — The Biden administration has announced a plan to provide $250 million to accelerate environmental projects around the shrinking Salton Sea, helping to revitalize its ecosystems and control hazardous dust in a deal that will clear the way for California to take less water from the drought-ravaged Colorado…

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Drying California lake to get $250M in drought funding

The federal government says it will spend $250 million over four years on environmental cleanup and restoration work around a drying Southern California lake that's fed by the depleted Colorado River

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Western cities agree to remove decorative grass amid drought

Thirty water agencies that supply cities across the western United States are pledging to rip up lots of decorative grass to conserve water in the over-tapped Colorado River

Los Angeles Times

Facing Colorado River shortage, 30 urban suppliers pledge to target decorative grass

With the federal government calling for major cuts in water use to address the historic shortage on the Colorado River, the leaders of 30 agencies that supply cities from the Rocky Mountains to Southern California have signed an agreement committing to boost conservation, in part by pledging to target the…

Tribune News Service

Tensions rise over drought-stricken Colorado River water use

WASHINGTON — As the Interior Department continues to delay implementing a program to reduce water consumption from the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin, tensions are thickening between the seven states with stakes in the watershed.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court will reconsider Navajos' claim for more water from the Colorado River

WASHINGTON — With California and the Southwest facing a historic drought, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to review a 9th Circuit Court decision that held the Navajo Nation has a right to take more water from the Colorado River.

Salon

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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