PRICE, Utah — Kevin Cotner is familiar with the dreaded term "curtailment." The Price-area hay farmer experiences it naturally as a result of the ongoing drought. "The water's just not here," Cotner ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The seven states that make up the Colorado River basin are facing a Tuesday decision with the federal government on a commitment to draw down on water use on a river in crisis. The ...

His idea is to pay California to build more desalination plants along the Pacific Ocean for their water needs. In exchange, ...

Editor's note: This article is published through the Colorado River Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative supported by the Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air at Utah ...

Utah and the six other states that rely upon the Colorado River on Tuesday failed to reach an agreement on how to manage the drought-stricken waterway that supplies water to 40 million people. The ...

Water from the Colorado River and its tributaries irrigates farms, sprinkles lawns and quenches the thirst of millions across Utah and the greater Southwest. While only 27% of the state’s water comes ...

Utah and the six other Colorado River states reached a tentative agreement to continue working together on a plan to share the river’s water, but failed to secure a consensus plan ahead of an ...

Western states that rely on the Colorado River have less than two months to agree on how to manage the troubled river.