Lake Mead’s elevation makes three connected systems work: it keeps Southern Nevada’s water intakes submerged, stores Colorado River water across seasons and creates the pressure that drives Hoover Dam ...

New research finds the Upper Colorado River Basin lost an estimated 4.6 trillion gallons of groundwater during a severe ...

Heavy rain appears to have helped lift Lake Powell, while Lake Mead continues to hover around record-low levels.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Colorado River system is on track for a potential "system crash" within the next few years, according to a stark new analysis ...

The Colorado River flows into Lake Powell before continuing downstream toward Lake Mead. Lake Mead also reached record low ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An afternoon boating on Lake Havasu. (Matthew Micah Wright/Getty Images) At this point, it's old news to say that the Colorado ...

The two major reservoirs on the Colorado River face dire outlooks that will likely spur federal officials to restrict the amount of water flowing downstream — and decrease hydropower generation — in ...

BOULDER CITY, Nev. — Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was filled some 90 years ago, another sign of the crisis plaguing the ...

The researchers said groundwater losses in the Upper Basin closely mirrored water shortages on the surface.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Federal officials on Friday unveiled a new long-term framework for ...