Groundwater management plan approved by Nevada Supreme Court
Citing over-appropriation, the Diamond Valley Groundwater Management Plan was upheld by the Nevada Supreme Court. Even senior right holders will see a reduction in the amount of groundwater they are...
Conservation groups funded to help diffuse Utah’s environmental bomb
The Great Salt Lake is shrinking, with about two-thirds of it gone. The loss of water and dry lake bed, which is a source of toxic dust, and has been characterized as "an environmental nuclear bomb"...
Hearing before Senate committee weighs food on drought scale
Looking for solutions, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the drought situation in the west, with witnesses expressing the urgency of the crisis that is affecting...
Drought unmatched: The slow-motion train wreck is speeding up.
Scientists working with the federal government have characterized the drought in the Colorado River basin as extremely severe, studying variables dating back 2,000 years. Water shortages are...
New Mexico fines El Paso Water for discharging sewage into Rio Grande
New Mexico is fining El Paso Water for discharging over a billion gallons of raw sewage into the Rio Grande River in Sunland Park.
Curtailment orders have gone into effect in the Delta watershed, which is California's largest source of surface water. What this means is that at least junior right holders, including public water...
