Colorado River

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. -- Planners and engineers in the Colorado River Basin say a parched future could be in store for the region over the next 50 years as they prepare for a seven-state meeting in Las Vegas next week.

PAGE, Ariz. — Authorities launched an experiment Monday aimed at building beaches and sandbars on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona.

LAS VEGAS — Government officials from United States and Mexico have set a Tuesday date in San Diego to sign a landmark agreement to share Colorado River water during times of drought and surplus.

PAGE, Ariz. — The federal government has approved two programs to further test the impact of flooding the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon and to help boost the native fish population.

PAGE, Ariz. — Federal officials say they’ve come up with some proposals on how to manage the flow of water at Glen Canyon Dam.

PAGE, Ariz. -- It was another morning of chasing the water at Lake Powell. Jeff Wilson strained to adjust a floating dock to keep up with the swiftly rising level of one of the nation's biggest reservoirs.

This was supposed to be yet another dry year on the Colorado River system, which feeds Lake Powell and sustains more than 25 million people and upward of 3 million acres of farmland. Some Western states even feared cuts in water deliveries were looming.

Instead, so much snowmelt and storm runoff flowed into the river and its tributaries that for much of the summer Powell rose a foot a day. The reservoir now is 76 percent full, and its surface has reached the highest point in a decade, dramatically shrinking the white bathtub ring of mineral salts that had ominously marked the lake's retreat.

DENVER  -- An interim report on a study of potential imbalances in Colorado River water supply and demand predicts challenges from climate change.