The seven states that share the Colorado River are floating a new concept for how water could be shared in the future, ...

Gallagher said the interstate water compact would be similar to the Colorado River Basin Compact, but will focus on different issues. He said his motivation to form the pact stems from two buckets.

As Colorado River stakeholders scramble to negotiate the basin’s long-term operational guidelines, the Trump administration ...

Over 100 mayors from cities along the river have created the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative. They're now working to form a compact through Congress.

Since leaving his native Colorado to explore the river in 1982 ... Scientists have documented increased rainfall in the Mississippi River Basin, as well as extreme droughts. “In April, down here, we ...

Legal agreements govern the Great Lakes and some river systems in the U.S., but the Mississippi River doesn’t have a compact. Some mayors on the waterway think it’s time to change that.

The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management Agency's future, according to an environmental group based in ...

Legal agreements govern the Great Lakes and some river systems in the U.S., but the Mississippi River doesn’t have a compact. Some mayors on the waterway think it’s time to change that.

The Mississippi River basin encompasses parts of 31 states and two Canadian provinces and is over 1,245,000 square miles in size. The Mississippi meets with the Atchafalaya River, ...

As the Colorado River’s reservoirs have declined, even larger amounts of groundwater have been drained from aquifers. Using satellite data, scientists have estimated the vast water losses.

Bettendorf Mayor Bob Gallagher said the interstate water compact would be similar to the Colorado River Basin's pact, but not focused on water rights. WTHR Indianapolis. Mississippi River mayors ...