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Colorado river crisis

April 2024

  • A view of the Colorado River looking into Cibola, Arizona, US, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. Photographer: Caitlin O'Hara/The Guardian

    ‘Water is more valuable than oil’: the corporation cashing in on America’s drought

    In an unprecedented deal, a private company purchased land in a tiny Arizona town – and sold its water rights to a suburb 200 miles away

July 2023

  • FILE - The Colorado River in the upper River Basin is pictured in Lees Ferry, Ariz., on May 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

    Colorado River has lost 10tn gallons of water since 2000 due to climate crisis

  • view of river between cliffs

    ‘What are we willing to sacrifice?’ A journey down America’s most endangered river

June 2023

  • Woman paddleboarding in Lake Powell through Cathedral in the Desert, Glen Canyon, Utah, USA<br>Cathedral in the Desert is a partially submerged sidearm of Glen Canyon and one of Lake Powell's many spectacular natural treasures. As water levels in the lake recede, more of Cathedral in the desert becomes accessible to intrepid explorers. Utah, USA

    ‘A portion of paradise’: how the drought is bringing a lost US canyon back to life

    Record dryness has restored an ecosystem under Lake Powell, the country’s second-largest reservoir

May 2023

  • A worker on the Gila River Farm practices using an alfalfa harvester. (Photo By Tayler Brown/Cronkite News)

    Our unequal earth
    The farmers dealing with water shortages even before historic Colorado River deal

    In Arizona’s Pinal county water cuts have become a reality even before this month’s historic deal by states to use 13% less water from stricken river
  • FILE - A bathtub ring of light minerals shows the high water line of Lake Mead near water intakes on the Arizona side of Hoover Dam at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area Sunday, June 26, 2022, near Boulder City, Nev. The U.S. Interior Department announced, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, that it will consider revising a set of guidelines for operating two major dams on the Colorado River in the first sign of what could lead to federal action to protect the shrinking reservoirs behind them. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

    Historic Colorado River deal not enough to stave off long-term crisis, experts say

    Agreement between California, Arizona and Nevada will cut water consumption by 13% but experts warn river is still in serious peril
  • An irrigation canal in Maricopa, Arizona. The historic reduction that will likely trigger significant water restrictions on the region’s residents and farmland.

    US states agree breakthrough deal to prevent Colorado River from drying up

    ‘Huge lift’ as California, Arizona and Nevada agree with US government to take about 13% less water from drought-stricken river

April 2023

  • The Colorado River seen from Grand Canyon national park with people in a dingy in the foreground.

    Colorado River snaking through Grand Canyon most endangered US waterway – report

  • Water from the Colorado River fills an irrigation canal in Arizona.

    US considers imposing Colorado River water cuts to western states

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