(Salt Lake City, UT) — Most Utahns are willing to do more to conserve water to help ease the effect the drought is having on the state. A Deseret News-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll released last week asked Utahns what could be done to help increase conservation efforts. Fifty-percent of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State leaders want agricultural water users to use more technology to help optimize the way they irrigate their land. The governor’s office released an action plan for agricultural water use yesterday. The hope is that farmers and ranchers will switch over to more efficient systems […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Division of Water Resources is reopening its website, hoping to get Utahns to conserve water through some peer pressure. The Report Water Waste website fields complaints and compliments about a neighbor’s water use. Residents can either put businesses and neighbors on blast, or […]
SALT LAKE CITY — In anticipation of low water levels due to drought conditions and repair work that will require one waterbody to be drained, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources issued emergency changes to Utah’s fishing regulations on Thursday. These changes will allow anglers to catch and keep more […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox is addressing recent criticism of Utah’s response to the ongoing Western drought. The New York Times and comedian John Oliver recently took Utah and the governor to task for failing to curb water usage. Cox said in a tweet yesterday that critics failed […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Great Salt Lake has hit a new historic low for the second time in less than a year as the ongoing megadrought worsened by climate change continues to shrink the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi. Utah Department of Natural Resources said Monday […]
(Undated) — Comedian John Oliver took shots at Utah during a segment involving the drought in the American West during his show, “Last Week Tonight.” During the segment, Oliver cited research which showed Utah residents use more water per capita than any other Western states. He also criticized St. George’s […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers may consider a change in property tax policy that could force Utahns to conserve more water. State Senator Dan McCay said yesterday that he’d like to see the legislature remove water use subsidies from property tax policy. McCay said property taxes pay for […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s drought conditions are continuing to get worse. The latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor places 99-percent of the state in either “severe” or “extreme” drought conditions. The report comes after the Utah Department of Natural Resources announced that May and June are both […]
(Spanish Fork, UT) — Utah’s lieutenant governor says the state is in a “world of hurt” because of a lack of water in state reservoirs. Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson urged Utahns to conserve water yesterday, noting that Utah’s reservoirs are at about 58-percent of capacity heading into the summer. She […]
