The Central Arizona Project aqueduct carries Colorado River water, flowing beside the Norterra Pointe neighborhood in Phoenix. (Kelvin Kuo / Los Angeles Times) As the Colorado River’s giant reservoirs ...

Footprints where people have sunk into mud are pictured above Gypsum Canyon rapid in Cataract Canyon on the banks of the Colorado River on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. The Colorado River Basin lost an ...

Corpus Christi seeks new groundwater wells along the Nueces River, alarming neighbors who say temporary pumping is becoming ...

(CNN) — Deep below the surface of the ground in one of the driest parts of the country, there is a looming problem: The water is running out — but not the kind that fills lakes, streams and reservoirs ...

Basinwide, researchers found, groundwater storage has fallen by 27.8 million acre-feet since 2003 — enough water to fill an empty Lake Mead to capacity. Aridification across the Colorado River Basin ...

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There’s enough groundwater in the Delaware River Basin to last at least until 2060 — even during dry years — according to a new report by the Delaware River Basin Commission. The Delaware River Basin ...

As the Colorado River’s giant reservoirs have declined during the last two decades, even larger amounts of water have been pumped and drained from underground, according to new research based on data ...