water conservation

In the face of critical drought and new cuts to water use, Governor Stephen Roe Lewis talks longevity in the Colorado River water system.

Last Friday, the federal government put out a plan forcing some states to cut back on water from the Colorado River. By Monday, the state of Nevada filed a lawsuit describing the cuts as an unfair burden.

The utility Denver Water is looking to customer education — and fines — to get through the worst drought on record.

Nearly three-quarters of the water in the Colorado River system is used for irrigation.

As federal spending on water infrastructure in the Colorado River basin dips under Trump, big companies like Procter & Gamble and Google are now making relatively small, targeted investments to fund that gap.

Four Western states are paying farmers and ranchers tens of millions of dollars this year to conserve water as part of a short-term plan to save water from the Colorado River.

Rules to boost the domestic economy now apply to broadband and water equipment. Delays and higher costs can be part of the trade-off.

Facing a prolonged megadrought, Western states must prep for huge water-use cuts.

The seven states have until late January to agree on massive water conservation measures or the feds say they’ll impose cuts. 

On of the state’s major sources of water, the Colorado River, has fallen to historic lows.