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Colorado River cuts could increase Arizona utilities' costs — and affect their credit ratings
The seven Colorado River basin states have less than a week until a deadline to put forward a plan for how to divide up water in the over-allocated river. And the ongoing negotiations — and lack of a resolution — have impacts beyond those s...
The Colorado River might get a short-term fix. Is that good enough?
Climate change is making the Colorado River drier, and the cities and farms that use it need to make big changes to their demand for water. Negotiations about the future of sharing the river have stalled, and the promise of sweeping, long-l...
Deadlocked Colorado River negotiators to meet, 'sequestered'
Top water officials from the seven Colorado River Basin states will return to the negotiating table next week, reportedly in sequestered fashion, to try to make headway over how to cut water use....
Where Lake Mead Water Levels Stand Amid Heavy California Rain
While California has faced recent downpours, water levels at Lake Mead sit at just 33 percent full....
Central Arizona Project worried about snowpack levels — though it's still early in the water year
Water issues will no doubt make the news in 2026. A water expert at the Central Arizona Project, which delivers Colorado River water to parts of the state, said the news so far this water year isn't good....