But the increasingly dire projections, this winter’s historically bad snowpack and the growing gap between supply and demand haven’t yet pushed the seven states that share the Colorado River to come t...

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Tuesday was the deadline for seven states to submit a framework for a deal to update the river’s operating guidelines that expire at the end of 2026.

Western states in the Colorado River basin are racing a federal deadline to hash out how to share the overtapped river. As the clock ticks down, two questions looms large: Just how real is this deadli...

As the clock ticks down, onlookers have been increasingly frustrated and critical of the lack of progress in the closed-door negotiations.

Achieving water sustainability in many water-scarce regions will require reducing consumptive water use by converting irrigated agricultural land to less wat...

Scientists conducting a first-of-its-kind drilling operation have extracted samples of fresh water hiding in massive reservoirs deep under the ocean.

Most studies of policy entrepreneurship seek to understand how entrepreneurs influence the behavior of policy-makers in the agenda-setting or decision-making phases of the policy process. Recent scho...

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Colorado water officials announced Wednesday a rough plan to figure out how the state would handle an unwelcome specter in the Colorado River Basin: forced water cuts. Mandatory wa...

A paradigm shift and bold policies are needed to preserve the remarkable Colorado River and life in the West.

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Feedback is ubiquitous in complex systems and critical to the process of designing public policies to solve problems such as climate adaptation. However, well-known cognitive and institutional constr....

The dilemma at Nevada's Rhyolite Ridge offers a preview of the hard choices ahead.

ASU's Jay Famiglietti on the alarming drying of Earth's land surface.

by Martin B. Carstensen and Eva Sørensen In a recent article published in Policy & Politics, Martin B. Carstensen and Eva Sørensen explore how collaborative governance can be understood as a se…

The Southwest and Rocky Mountain states are reviewing a plan that could split Colorado River water based on actual flows, not storage.

The Bureau of Reclamation commissioner is expected to play a key role in the contentious negotiations over use of Colorado River water in the West.

The bills create a program that could be a solution to Nevada’s water crisis, if enough money is made available.

NPR and the PBS series Frontline investigate the forces keeping communities from building resiliently, and the special interests that profit even when communities don't.

Overuse and climate change are rapidly depleting groundwater throughout the region, but aquifers are not part of the negotiations among the seven basin states to cut back water use.

The Narrative Policy Framework lacks clear and empirical explanations of power. Yet, the study of narratives is inherently the study of power in shaping policy outputs and decisions. We develop a con...

As climate change increases water supply variability, urban water utilities must adopt innovative strategies to enhance water system sustainability. Groundwater banking (GWB), or the storage of water ...

Lawmakers passed include new laws for mine cleanup and water quality, and new rules for use of nonfunctional turf

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A petition calls on the Bureau of Reclamation to use its authority to determine what constitutes “beneficial use” of water.

Mexico and the United States say they have reached an agreement that involves Mexico immediately sending more water from their shared Rio Grande basin to Texas farmers.

The US Water Alliance’s Value of Water Campaign found the majority of respondents support additional investments to improve water infrastructure, even if it means higher bills.