Dozens of metrics are used to determine drought, which can make it complicated to measure and track. The new government ...

Mayors from cities and towns along the Mississippi River are taking action on natural disaster response. Last week they ...

This summer, the public got a first look at the Ohio River Basin Restoration and Protection Plan. While the final draft is ...

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 ...

Staff and board members from the Glenwood Springs-based Colorado River Water Conservation District, along with other water managers from across western Colorado, this month visited the lower basin ...

Lakes Mead and Powell, icons of 20th-century water engineering in the American West, are in bad shape. Both reservoirs are about one-third full and sit today at record lows. The federal government, ...

Yakima, Wash. • The water managers of the Yakima River basin in arid central Washington know what it’s like to fight over water, just like their counterparts along the Colorado River are fighting now.

A new study reveals that river basins worldwide, once consistently snowbound, are experiencing a decline in snowpack due to climate change. Regions with winter temperatures averaging colder than this ...