Bureau of Reclamation to receive $1.4 billion in proposed budget
The administration's proposed 2014 budget for the Bureau of Reclamation prioritizes climate resiliency and drought mitigation.
Category: Water News
Utah lawmakers are budgeting millions of dollars toward upgrading aging aqueducts in earthquake prone areas and several other water projects.
Storms prompt Salt River Project to release Bartlett Dam water
For the first time since 2019, water will be released from Bartlett Dam on the Verde River to accommodate near-full capacity from runoff and heavy snow.
Extra releases from Flaming Gorge for Lake Powell ending for now
Reclamation has agreed to a request by the Upper Basin states to suspend emergency water releases from Flaming Gorge that were implemented to boost Lake Powell.
California's Tribal Summit will be held April 11-13 in Sacramento, with the goal of gathering Tribal input for this year's state water plan.
Water board to pay $3000 an acre-foot for groundwater retirement
To save its aquifer, the Rio Grande Water Conservation District plans to pay farmers in the San Luis Valley $3,000 an AF to retire their groundwater wells.