U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

California released a plan Tuesday detailing how Western states reliant on the Colorado River should save more water. It came a day after the six other states in the river basin made a competing proposal.

Six out of the seven western states that depend on the Colorado River have submitted a plan to cut usage. Federal officials had set a Tuesday deadline amid historically low levels in reservoirs.

Federal wildlife officials say the population of an endangered fish in the Upper Colorado River received a major boost last year.

Crews at Glen Canyon Dam have completed a new water intake connection to accommodate record-low levels at Lake Powell.

Living with less water in the U.S. Southwest is the focus this week for a conference in Las Vegas about the drought-stricken and overpromised Colorado River.

Officials say the reduced flows come from a request from Bullhead City and Laughlin. It’s part of an ongoing caddisfly abatement study being conducted to combat the species.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation says it’ll start holding back hundreds of thousands of acre-feet of water in Lake Powell this month to combat prolonged drought that’s caused some of the lowest levels ever seen in the reservoir.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Arizona asks that the state be allowed to take unilateral action it believes necessary to protect its residents.

Seven states in the U.S. West — including Arizona — are facing a deadline from the federal government to come up with a plan to use substantially less Colorado River water in 2023.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation would receive $4 billion in drought funding from the Inflation Reduction Act that was recently passed by the U-S Senate.