(Undated) — Rapid melts across the western U.S. are causing snowpack to disappear up to four weeks early in some areas, including Utah. Federal meteorologists are now warning of the potential havoc this could bring on the region’s water supply. According to an update from the National Integrated Drought Information […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox has declared a State of Emergency in 17 Utah counties due to worsening drought conditions. The move follows a recommendation from the state’s Drought Response Committee, as 42-percent of the state remains under severe drought. A dry winter and low snowpack, particularly […]
(St. George, UT) — Southwest Utah is back to drought conditions thanks to a dry winter. The U.S. Drought Monitor shows most of Washington County and about a third of Iron County under some sort of drought conditions as of last week. A recent report from the Natural Resources Conservation […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s short-lived droughtless streak is over. Approximately five-percent of the state is now in a moderate stage of drought with most of the area affected in Tooele County. The U.S. Drought Monitor’s report from last week noted the drought was back. This update comes just […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah is benefiting from recent winters that brought a greater than anticipated amount of moisture to the region. As of mid-May, much of the state is not listed as having immediate drought conditions. This past week, officials with the Intermountain West Drought and Climate Outlook […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Projects affecting the Upper Colorado River Basin will soon benefit from nearly 30-million dollars in new federal funding. Utah is one of the states included in the government effort to improve drought planning across the Basin. Department of Interior officials announced the funding on Tuesday. […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
