Endangered fish recovery funds awarded to Colorado Basin states
The Bureau of Reclamation has allocated $20 million in infrastructure funds to five Colorado River Basin states for selected endangered fish recovery projects.
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California city’s water supply saved by drought relief funding
Thanks to emergency drought relief from the state's Department of Water Resources, the small town of Coalinga, California, will not run out of water this winter.
Utah’s Governor proclaims suspension of new water appropriations
In an effort to conserve the Great Salt Lake, Utah's Gov. Spencer Cox issued a proclamation that suspends new use applications. But with supply already over appropriated, the action might be moot...
One of two groundwater-related initiatives approved in Arizona
At least one of two ballot initiatives to regulate rural groundwater in southern Arizona may have passed. If passed, an "active management area" will be created in the Douglas Basin which will...
DOI proposes new operating guidelines for Colorado River system
The Department of Interior wants to revise operating guidelines to save the Colorado River system. The public will have until December 20 to comment on the notice of intent and supplemental...
A $1.6 billion hydropower project in Colorado's Unaweep Canyon has been nixed a day after federal approval of a study by Xcel Energy, the state's largest electricity provider.