Reclamation has agreed to a request by the Upper Basin states to suspend emergency water releases from Flaming Gorge that were implemented to boost Lake Powell.

California's Tribal Summit will be held April 11-13 in Sacramento, with the goal of gathering Tribal input for this year's state water plan.

To save its aquifer, the Rio Grande Water Conservation District plans to pay farmers in the San Luis Valley $3,000 an AF to retire their groundwater wells.

The U.S. Drought Monitor shows that drought conditions in the southwest are easing, thanks to above-average precipitation.

An appeals court found that the State Water Board’s duty under state law to prevent waste and unreasonable use of water is “highly discretionary."

Paying farmers to allow their fields to go fallow for the sake of conserving water is not an attractive option when farmers lose money in the deal.