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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Water officials in Pinal County experimented with cloud seeding technology to boost rainfall over the summer, just months after bills that would have banned the practice failed to gain traction at the state Legislature. -
Some good news for holiday travelers headed to the Grand Canyon: All South Rim lodges will reopen this Wednesday to overnight guests after crews completed major repairs to a waterline. -
Mexico will start delivering water it owes the United States this week. -
The findings show families who got water from wells downstream from a site contaminated with PFAS saw higher rates of infant mortality, preterm births and low weight births. -
Last month, the seven Upper and Lower Basin states failed to come up with new terms defining how the Colorado River is to be shared — after missing a federal deadline set by the Interior Department.
