After 18 years of negotiations, the end of 2020 brought passage of the Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act.
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95% of Wyoming is "abnormally dry or worse" this drought season, leading to plans to improve Big Sandy Dam and Reservoir to shore up supplies.
A Quick Primer on Wyoming Water Rights (Prior Appropriation)
The following video is from the University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service and gives a basic overview of the prior appropriation of water rights to the State's rivers and streams. The...
Comets are mostly frozen water and in fact, might have something to do with water being on Earth. Source: NASA. There is the same amount of water on Earth as there was when the Earth was first...
California | Drought Hits the Post-Covid Economy and Job Market
When it comes to food production in the United States, California ranks No. 1. But to produce food, farmers need water -- and the drought this year is packing a nasty punch. As of May 11, the...
Arizona | Safe Yield Not So Great, Reports Morrison Institute
ASU's Morrison Institute for Public Policy has published its report titled "The Myth of Safe Yield," raising challenges to the State's 40-year Groundwater Management Act. The report is co-authored...