A drought that has gripped the Southwest is creeping the nation's two largest reservoirs toward a dead pool, which would have catastrophic consequences for water users in the Colorado River's lower ...

Water levels in Lake Powell have dropped precipitously in the past few years, moving the lake even closer to “dead pool” status. The reservoir is at a historic low as the US West remains in the grips ...

A boater gets an up-close view of the “bathtub ring” on Lake Mead — evidence of its low water level — while touring Hoover Dam. Journalists reporting on the status and future of the Colorado River are ...

Millions of people in the Western U.S. are at risk of seeing reduced access to both water and power as two of the nation's biggest reservoirs continue to dry up inch by inch. The United Nations issued ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In 1998, when I was in fourth grade, I joined a class field trip to Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. But when we got to Cortez, the road was barricaded.

Water levels at Lake Powell, the giant reservoir on the Utah-Arizona border, have dropped to their lowest point in three years, prompting boat ramp closures and raising fears about downstream water ...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has issued a harrowing warning on the dangerously low water levels in Lake Powell, which could drop below critical levels as early as 2026. Water levels at the man-made ...

Unusually wet weather has spread through Utah and Arizona this week. But the rain and snow have done nothing to raise the water level that is currently at a record low in the nation's second-largest ...

To see the most of Lake Powell, go soon. The federal Bureau of Reclamation predicts that the volume of Lake Powell will stop dropping about now, when mountain snowmelt increases inflows. The lake ...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has issued a harrowing warning on the dangerously low water levels in Lake Powell, which could drop below critical levels as early as 2026. Water levels at the man-made ...