The report, published in Communications Earth & Environment, was undertaken to find out how much of the Colorado River's ...
More than half of all Colorado River water — 52% — goes toward agriculture. And nearly two-thirds of that water is used for ...
Researchers have quantified just how much water the agriculture industry in the Western U.S. is taking from the Colorado ...
A new study says it is provides "a more comprehensive and complete understanding of how the Colorado River Basin’s water is ...
Cattle-feed crops (alfalfa and other hay) consume more Colorado River water than any other crop category, accounting for 32% of all water from the basin; 46% of direct water consumption; and 62% of ...
The states that use the Colorado River have put out their latest proposals on how to manage the river’s shrinking amount of water, and the two plans reveal that there are still big differences ...
Swaths of Kentucky bluegrass will become a less common sight across Colorado after lawmakers passed a bill to ban new nonfunctional turf in hopes of conserving water. The bill, signed into law ...
A wave of late-winter storms has pushed snow accumulation in all of Colorado’s major water-storage basins above normal levels for the first time this year, data show. Statewide, snowpack ...
Seven Western states are starting to plot a future for how much water they’ll draw from the dwindling Colorado River in a warmer, drier world. The river is the lifeblood for the West ...
The University of Colorado Boulder will receive $950,000 in federal funding to monitor water quality and understand the impact of wildfires on key Colorado rivers. The funding will support a ...
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