Trending Topics

Tag: Colorado River
12 months ago
sltrib.com

With projections showing a 50-foot rebound coming, Lake Powell resumes Grand Canyon’s experimenta...

As the level of Lake Powell rebounds with this spring's big runoff, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has resumed high-f...

Read Full Article
over 1 year ago
sltrib.com

Nevada calls on Utah and Upper Colorado Basin states to slash water use by 500,000 acre-feet

Nevada calls on Utah and the other Upper Colorado basin states to cut their use of river's water by 500,000 acre-feet...

Read Full Article
over 1 year ago
sltrib.com

Already facing a historic drought, design issues and permitting dog Lake Powell pipeline plan

There has been almost no movement on the proposed pipeline that would divert 86,000 acre-feet of the Colorado River's...

Read Full Article
almost 2 years ago
sltrib.com

Spilling water from Flaming Gorge to feed Lake Powell, feds will try to keep Glen Canyon Dam oper...

Low water threatens power generation at Glen Canyon Dam, so feds drawing water from Flaming Gorge and sending it down...

Read Full Article
over 2 years ago
sltrib.com

Cox releases ambitious water plan in response to Utah drought

“The extreme drought conditions this past year have shown all Utahns the importance of water planning and conservatio...

Read Full Article
over 2 years ago
sltrib.com

Feds tighten Colorado River flow at Glen Canyon Dam as ever-shrinking Lake Powell nears critical ...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced Friday that, over the next four months, it plans to hold back 350,000 acre-f...

Read Full Article
over 2 years ago
sltrib.com

Is Utah already overusing its share of water from the Colorado River?

Western states in the upper half of the Colorado River Basin have claimed for years that they’re entitled to far more...

Read Full Article
over 2 years ago
sltrib.com

Power generation on the Colorado is drying up

The West’s historic drought is not only threatening water supplies, but also depressing electrical power generation i...

Read Full Article
over 2 years ago
sltrib.com

Water shortage declared on the Colorado, triggering cuts to Arizona, Nevada and Mexico

In response to dramatic decreases in Colorado River flows, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced severe cuts to wa...

Read Full Article
almost 3 years ago
sltrib.com

Lake Powell level about to hit a historic low as West’s water crisis deepens

Lake Powell level about to hit a historic low as West’s water crisis deepens

Read Full Article
almost 3 years ago
sltrib.com

Feds release water down Colorado to ensure Glen Canyon Dam can continue to generate power

The growing crisis on the Colorado River came into sharper focus last week when the Bureau of Reclamation began emerg...

Read Full Article
almost 3 years ago
sltrib.com

Lost Glen Canyon wonders reemerge as Lake Powell dries up

For decades, Glen Canyon's many side canyons were submerged under the waters of Lake Powell. After 20 years of declin...

Read Full Article