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Lake Powell Expected To Rise To 37-Percent Capacity

Lake Powell Expected To Rise To 37-Percent Capacity

(St. George, UT) — Lake Powell is expected to receive a five-percent increase from the snowmelt process this summer. The National Weather Service’s Colorado Basin River Forecast Center says just under five-and-half-million acre feet of water will be added to the lake. The amount of water is still not the […]

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Salt Lake City/ St. George/ Cedar City US Representative Proposes First Bill In D.C.

Salt Lake City/ St. George/ Cedar City US Representative Proposes First Bill In D.C.

(Washington, D.C.) — New congresswoman Celeste Maloy representing Utah’s second district is sponsoring her first bill in D.C. The Southern Utah University graduate is looking to reduce hydropower rates that are affected by the current drought. Maloy is proposing the Hydro Act, which would stabilize utility costs for hydropower for […]

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Utah Reservoir Capacity Passes 80%

Utah Reservoir Capacity Passes 80%

(Undated) — Utah’s reservoirs are in really good shape after a historically wet winter. The state’s reservoir capacity is above 80-percent, according to the Utah Division of Water Resources. Eighteen of the state’s 45 biggest reservoirs are at 100-percent or higher and 20 others are between 80- and 99-point-nine percent […]

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Breakthrough proposal would aid drought-stricken Colorado River as 3 Western states offer cuts

Breakthrough proposal would aid drought-stricken Colorado River as 3 Western states offer cuts

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a deal to significantly cut their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next three years. The $1.2 billion proposal is a potential breakthrough in a stalemate over how to deal with a rising problem that pitted […]

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This Thursday, July 12, 2018 photo released by Benji Xie shows flooding from a waterfall on the Havasupai reservation in Supai, Ariz. About 200 tourists were being evacuated Thursday from a campground on tribal land near famous waterfalls deep in a gorge off the Grand Canyon. (Benji Xie via AP)

NWS: Flooding Could Continue Into July

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Weather officals say over half of Utah’s record-breaking snowpack has yet to melt. The National Weather Service says this means flooding will continue to be a cause for concern through late June or even July. On the bright side, drought conditions have improved as the […]

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Cox Orders All State Agencies To Review Water Conservation Compliance

Cox Orders All State Agencies To Review Water Conservation Compliance

(St. George, UT) — Governor Cox is ordering all state facilities to make sure they’re following state-issued conservation requirements. In a press release issued Wednesday, Cox noted Utah’s record-breaking snowpack and said, “We have to keep up the good work of conserving this precious natural resource.” Also on Wednesday, the […]

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Utah No Longer In Extreme Drought

Utah No Longer In Extreme Drought

(Salt Lake City, UT) — For the first time in three years, none of Utah’s 29 counties are categorized with ‘extreme’ or ‘exceptional’ drought conditions. The constant snow storms are beginning to have a noticeable effect on water levels in the Beehive State. Now just 20 percent of the state […]

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Scientists: Largest US reservoirs moving in right direction

Scientists: Largest US reservoirs moving in right direction

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Parts of California are under water, emergency flood declarations are in place in Nevada, and water is being released from some Arizona reservoirs to prepare for a bountiful spring runoff. Climate experts say all the snow and rain over the winter months helped alleviate dry conditions […]

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LDS Church Donates Water To Great Salt Lake

LDS Church Donates Water To Great Salt Lake

(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is doing its part to try and help save the Great Salt Lake. The church is donating the equivalent of more than 20-thousand acre feet of water. Governor Spencer Cox said the move “will make a real […]

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Poll Shows Utahns Less Concerned About Drought

Poll Shows Utahns Less Concerned About Drought

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Winter storms are giving Utahns a reason to be less concerned about drought. A Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll published last week shows 52-percent of Utahns are currently less concerned about drought than they were last year because of the moisture that the state […]

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