Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The intakes at the C.W. "Bill" Jones Pumping Plant in Tracy, Calif., deliver water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to ...

A feral bull is seen along the Gila River in the Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico, on July 25, 2020. (Robin Silver/Center for Biological Diversity via AP) PHOENIX (CN) — A group of Arizona ...

More than three decades ago, water managers in Southern Nevada launched a plan to pipe groundwater from hundreds of miles away to augment Lake Mead’s water supply. The plan fell through and the region ...

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 ...

The Colorado River Basin’s groundwater supplies are dwindling, thanks to a combination of both natural events and human pumping activities, a new study has found. The critical Western system has lost ...

Q How can I make it easier to prime the seasonal water system at my summer cottage next spring? It’s a time-consuming pain and there must be a better way. A Seasonal water systems typically draw water ...