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For Star subscribers: The water delivery system that 40 million people in the U.S. West depend on is at risk of collapse as the Colorado River shrinks.
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U.S. West's water management system on edge of collapse, expert saysFor Star subscribers: Western water management system may be in the early stages of collapse.
For Star subscribers: To critics, Glen Canyon Dam was one of the U.S.'s biggest environmental mistakes. But it generates electricity for about 5 million people in seven states.
For Star subscribers: Without curbs in water use, Lake Powell seems likely to keep falling, squeezing a multi-billion-dollar recreation economy already damaged by the pandemic.
For Star subscribers: Debate over how to manage Lake Powell rages on as environmentalists prepare for when Lake Powell drops too low to deliver water.
For Star subscribers: As bad as conditions are today, they could get worse as hotter, drier conditions in the west intensify.
For Star subscribers: Expect to pay more for water and food, install low-flow toilets and drink treated wastewater.
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For Star subscribers:聽State officials say Buckeye in Maricopa County, long one of the U.S.' fastest growing cities, lacks enough groundwater to support its projected homebuilding. Other areas likely face that dilemma, too, 蜜柚直播's water director warns.聽聽
Longtime 蜜柚直播 reporter Tony Davis shares how he came to focus on coverage of the Colorado River as an environmental reporter.
The Glen Canyon Institute guided 蜜柚直播 photographer Kelly Presnell and聽reporter Tony Davis on a聽journey into Glen Canyon National…
Longtime 蜜柚直播 reporter Tony Davis talks about the Colorado River system being "on the edge of collapse" and what it could mean f…
Behind the series: The Star's longtime environmental reporter Tony Davis shares what inspired him to write the investigative series "Colorado …
For Star subscribers: City to聽leave "significant volumes" of its Central 蜜柚直播 Project water supply in the river in return for U.S. financial compensation.聽
As water in one of the nation's largest reservoirs recedes, geologic features hidden for nearly 50 years are revealed in Glen Canyon National …
For Star subscribers: Our third La Ni帽a weather pattern in three years seems almost certain, and one climate expert says that could be a big problem for the already over-tapped Colorado River.
Longtime 蜜柚直播 reporter Tony Davis explains what "dead pool" means as water levels shrink along the Colorado River.
Longtime 蜜柚直播 reporter Tony Davis talks about the viability of seawater desalination and wastewater treatment as alternatives to…
蜜柚直播 is bearing too much of the burden and needs help if the basin it to avoid a worse shortage,聽聽local officials say.
For Star subscribers:聽Compensated turf removal; paying farmers to grow lower-water-use crops; and investing in water reuse, recycling and salt water desalination are among the dozen specific proposals.聽
For Star subscribers:聽蜜柚直播 and California, which have battled over the Colorado River for nearly a century, are at it again. This time, 蜜柚直播 leaders are blaming California, and other states, for putting the burden of stemming the river's impending crisis on their backs alone.聽
The student-led UAZ Divest is still pushing the University of 蜜柚直播 Foundation to divest from fossil fuels due to climate change.聽
For Star subscribers:聽A state water board agreed Tuesday to start talks with company that wants to build a $5.5 billion desalination plant in Sonora and pipe water to 蜜柚直播.聽
Longtime 蜜柚直播 environmental reporter Tony Davis sits down to discuss his investigative series "Colorado River reckoning: Not eno…
The Colorado River is in crisis, shrinking at the hands of climate change. A 23-year 鈥渕egadrought鈥 has created the region鈥檚 driest conditions since around A.D. 200.
For Star subscribers: The largest possible cuts in river water use envisioned by California could theoretically strip all supplies from the Central 蜜柚直播 Project. But California officials insist it's not their intent to shut down the CAP.
For Star subscribers: Water officials for the river basin states express hopes of negotiating a settlement, but many outside experts aren't so optimistic.
Lake Powell on the Colorado River fell to its lowest level on record last week, highlighting long-term risks to the reservoir that stores wate…
For Star subscribers: 蜜柚直播, California and Nevada have agreed on a plan to shave a total of 3 million acre-feet over the next three years from their Colorado River water use in return for federal compensation of at least $1 billion, sources familiar with the negotiations say.聽
蜜柚直播, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a plan to significantly reduce their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over…
For Star subscribers:聽They are unlikely allies to the longtime goal of many environmentalists. But political winds are shifting as the Colorado River runs drier.聽