E&E News reports that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Nebraska’s lawsuit against Colorado alleging overuse of South Platte River water can move forward. Read more on this story here.

Aspen Journalism reports that Colorado River scientists, in new papers, are advocating for federally funded, permanent reduction in agricultural water use across the seven-state Colorado River basin.

Circle of Blue reports that a new study shows indoor water use in the U.S. has dropped 43% in the past 30 years, a decline researchers attribute to new appliances and stricter building codes. Read ...

Historic water shortages are drying out the scenic mountains that lie at the heart of Colorado’s tourist economy, prompting the state to issue emergency orders earlier this month allowing water to be ...

Housed within the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, the Colorado Division of Water Resources, which includes the State Engineer, division engineers and water commissioners, has the authority ...

Henry, Colo.: As the sun sets at the Colorado Farm Brewery, a light breeze plays over a deep green rye field that borders the patio. As they do most Thursday nights, nearly two dozen people have ...

In 1937, teams of men swung their pickaxes into the Colorado sod just north of Golden to build Ralston Dam and bury veins of pipe that would carry water south toward the fledgling city of Denver. That ...

A mayfly loving trout — speckled, shiny and perfectly hand-sized for that Instagram hero shot. A five-foot-long torpedo of a predator, capable of powering through floodwaters and migrating hundreds of ...

Colorado’s water storage reservoirs are about 85% full as the state faces a drought year that could be the worst in nearly a quarter century. State officials are comparing this year with 2002, a year ...

Cronkite News reports that thousands of people have submitted comments on the federal government’s draft plan to divide the waters of the crisis-plagued Colorado River. The seven Colorado River Basin ...

During the drought-choked summer of 2021, Colorado’s largest reservoir, Blue Mesa, was low, its shoreline exposed and dusty like a dirty white collar. The massive inflows from the Gunnison River, a ...

Colorado's first water plan forged a never-before-created roadmap for the state's water future while the 2023 water plan aims to move Coloradans toward more accountable action. Now, with the updated ...