Recent winter storms helped boost mountain snowpack in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico. But water managers in the West are still concerned about forecasts for Colorado River supply.
Wyoming’s top water official Brandon Gebhardt said dry times are hurting cities, farms, and industry.
“As we continue to work with the other states to address the shrinking supply throughout the basin,” he said. ”These existing and very real impacts must be adequately recognized and considered in our discussions.”
One forecast showed similar water conditions to 2021 and 2022, when emergency water transfers were needed to help prop up the nation’s largest reservoirs. State leaders have asked for more frequent updates from the federal government into the spring.
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This past weekend about 100 volunteers with the Rio Reimagined initiative collected more than six tons of trash during their annual cleanup. From small cans to tires and mirrors, the trash came from a small portion of the Salt River stretching between 91st to 95th avenue. -
While Resolution Copper is taking a proactive approach to meet its tremendous water needs, their actions may still have a lasting and severe impact on the local hydrological landscape around Oak Flat. -
The project to build three new dams comes as the state looks to a future where climate change threatens access to water in the desert state. -
The Lower Basin states of California, Arizona and Nevada are asking for a fresh look at proposals for sharing the shrinking water supply and changes to Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon Dam. -
Homebuilders and Republican state lawmakers have filed a lawsuit seeking to void a rule requiring them to prove they have access to alternative water supplies in certain parts of the state.
