Federal data typically focuses on the total amount of water stored, but some water has to stay in reservoirs to keep dams ...

The Colorado River basin and its two largest reservoirs -- Lake Mead and Lake Powell -- are facing potentially record-low ...

Instead of propping up Lake Powell to benefit Glen Canyon Dam, the Bureau should consolidate water in Lake Mead — the ...

Emergency releases seek to boost Lake Powell, but warnings have been issues over the moves' potential impacts.

The Colorado River lost another margin of safety in late spring 2026. Facing a snowpack season that failed to deliver, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced it will release just 6.0 million ...

Federal officials have said they have no choice but to reduce water flows from Lake Powell, hundreds of miles upstream, to prevent another dam from shutting down ...

Federal officials are considering cool water releases for the third consecutive year at Glen Canyon Dam in Northern Arizona ...

Very dry and warm weather in the winter and early spring means Colorado River flows into Lake Powell will hit record lows this summer, a new federal forecast says. The past winter brought record-low ...

Lake Powell is only 23 percent full. Without sustained action, water providers could face increasingly difficult decisions.

Lake Powell’s water level has fallen to just 41 feet above the threshold where Glen Canyon Dam’s turbines must shut down, threatening 1,320 MW of hydropower. Simultaneously, Hoover Dam could lose up ...