If water levels fall below the Glen Canyon Dam's minimum power pool, it could be forced to halt electricity generation.

A warm, dry winter has left the Colorado River Basin with the prospect for one of the lowest runoff seasons in a quarter century.

Stabilizing Lake Powell will likely require both Lower Basin water cuts and upstream releases to keep levels above the minimum hydropower threshold.

As negotiators fight over how to curb overuse of the depleted Colorado River for the next 20 years, the river itself is on the verge of a short-term crisis that could erupt in less than a year. Water ...

Lake Powell water levels continue dropping as National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists in Phoenix sound the alarm about “concerning” snowpack in the Upper Colorado River Basin that could affect ...