Deep below the surface of the ground in one of the driest parts of the country, there is a looming problem: The water is ...

The Colorado River Basin lost an alarming amount of groundwater over the past 20 years, a new study found. Nearly 28 million acre-feet of water has been depleted from the region, nearly the volume of ...

The Colorado River Basin’s groundwater supplies are dwindling, thanks to a combination of both natural events and human ...

As the Colorado River's giant reservoirs have declined during the last two decades, even larger amounts of water have been ...

The Colorado River basin has lost huge volumes of groundwater over the past two decades according to a new report from ...

— Most of the total water losses occurred in the drier Lower Colorado River basin. It lost 20.7 million acre-feet of ...

Water in the Arkansas River Basin is in high demand. Farmers, rafters, and fishermen use it. So do cities and towns far from the river, where hundreds of thousands of people live and work.

New research based on satellite data shows the depletion of groundwater in the Colorado River Basin far exceeds losses from the river’s reservoirs. Scientists say overpumping is leading to alarmingly ...

New research based on satellite data shows the depletion of groundwater in the Colorado River Basin far exceeds losses from the river’s reservoirs. Scientists say overpumping is leading to ...