News 2008

December News:

12/30/08 Storms help put Utah snowpack above normal

12/30/08 Average statewide year-to-date snowpack 106% of normal

12/29/08 Water Outlook Good, So Far

12/28/08 Oil vs. water causes big battle in the Rockies

12/27/08 Paiutes struggle for water rights

12/26/08 Water-wise plants

12/26/08 How the West's Energy Boom Could Threaten Drinking Water for 1 in 12 Americans

12/24/08 Help Las Vegas Conserve Water! No Aquifer Drawdown!

12/21/08 Legislator to sponsor bill allowing rainwater collection by residents

12/21/08 Colorado River may face fight of its life

12/20/08 Envision Utah has big dreams for Jordan River

12/19/08 Businesses say hike in water rate is too high

12/17/08 Green river uranium-mill hearing is postponed

12/17/08 Mayor Corroom among many endorsing river-preservation effort

12/17/08 Too few 'wild and scenic' waterways in Utah, rivers council asserts

12/16/08 Zebra mussels cause for concern for water users

12/16/08 Pilot Project Will Treat Wastewater From Utah Oil and Gas Wells for Re-use

12/16/08 10 Utah river segments get top marks

12/16/08 Attempt to burn jettisoned fuel at lake fails

12/16/08 Bill seeks to settle water wars

12/15/08 Matheson wants water projects in stimulus bill

12/12/08 F-16 releases fuel tanks into Great Salt Lake

12/12/08 Water solution

12/11/08 Utah/Nevada water agreement may be near

12/09/08 Panel looking at future of Great Salt Lake

12/09/08 Lease swap proposed on Great Salt Lake shoreline

12/05/08 Utah wants aquifer protection in Nevada water deal

12/04/08 Pessimistic outlook for Colorado River dominates conference

12/03/08 Oil shale industry could drain Uintah area water

12/02/08 UAC, conservationists ramp up fight against pipeline

12/02/08 Measuring Utah's progress encourages wiser choices

November News:

11/29/08 Drought deepens strain on dwindling Colorado

11/25/08 Evidence of zebra mussels in Electric Lake

11/25/08 Groups press fight over water for Las Vegas

11/21/08 Zebra mussels in Electric Lake probably didn't come from boaters

11/21/08 Provo River trail closed for fish improvements

11/21/08 Lake Powell pipeline: Ensuring our future

11/19/08 Research, recreation groups protest water rights for proposed nuke plant

11/18/08 Threats to regional rivers growing

11/18/08 State study: No source pinpointed for Utah Lake PCBs

11/18/08 Zebra mussel DNA found in southeastern Utah lake

11/18/08 No source pinpointed for Utah Lake PCBs

11/18/08 No source pinpointed for Utah Lake PCBs

11/18/08 Snake Valley Water Hearings set for 2009

11/17/08 Water allocation for nuclear plant in dispute

11/17/08 Critics: Proposed nuke plant all wet; save H2O for public

11/12/08 Shrinking Great Salt Lake finally easing up

11/12/08 Restoring the San Rafael watershed

11/12/08 Cache County votes to establish water bank

11/08/08 More setbacks for proposed Utah Lake bridge

11/06/08 Wetter Flakes, Better Water Parched land refreshed

11/04/08 Official suspects mussels have arrived in Utah

11/03/08 Barbarians at the Gate

October News:

10/28/08 No 'smoking gun' found in Utah Lake PCB study

10/22/08 Lawmaker wants to make collecting rainwater legal

10/22/08 Plan under way to improve Utah Lake

September News:

9/22/08 AP Search Unearths Contaminated Water

9/19/08 New worries surround the Great Salt Lake

9/19/08 Foundation warns Utahns to conserve water

9/19/08 Officials work to revive June sucker population

9/19/08 USU students teach children about water

9/09/08 Feds won't extend protections to Bonneville trout

9/09/08 Great Salt Lake lever approaches record low

9/08/08 USU professor track's Alaska's climate change

August News:

8/28/08 $21 million power plant now supplying Heber

8/12/08 Utah State to study Great Salt Lake bacteria

8/12/08 Catching rain water is against the law

8/11/08 Lake Powell's level highest in 6 years

8/09/08 Utah Valley below average for precipitation

8/07/08 Utah waterways test positive for prescription drugs

8/05/08 Landowners want rehearing on public waterways case

July News:

7/28/08 Utah Governor Denies Las Vegas Water

7/26/08 Northern Utah's thirst: Bear river untapped, tempting

7/19/08 Water conservation still necessary

7/17/08 Talking Point: The importance of conserving water

7/16/08 Water officials learn how to keep quagga mussels out

7/12/08 Water levels are up in state's reservoirs

7/12/08 Great Salt Lake water level decreasing

7/04/08 Wet start to summer helps utah water conditions

June News:

6/10/08 Groundwork begins for Spanish Fork pipeline

6/07/08 Will Utah cities run dry, or is shortage avoidable?

6/06/08 State looking for volunteer monitors

May News:

5/26/08 Alta faces costly water cleanup

5/23/08 Utah, feds ink deal at bird refuge

5/23/08 Small Town Takes On Federal Government Over Wetland Project

5/22/08 Bottled Water Sales Rise Across Nation

5/22/08 Easy ways to save water

5/22/08 Fishing: Boaters urged to stop 'largest single threat to fisheries'

5/17/08 Warmer Temperatures Make Streams and Rivers More Dangerous

5/16/08 Warmer weather bringing water warnings

5/15/08 Streams expected to surge as snow melts

5/02/08 Utah Rivers Council Launches "State Water Week"

April News:

04/29/08 Utah residents using too much water

04/24/08 Water district says Utahns are wasting water

04/22/08 Mussels threaten Utah waters: Part III

04/22/08 Huntsman stops Bear Lake hydroelectric plant

04/16/08 Students to compete in Moab Envirothon

04/14/08 Students volunteer to help restore wetland

04/14/08 Forest fires affecting spring runoff in some areas

04/10/08 Lake Powell Pipeline Debated

04/09/08 Utah water resources department hopes to pump water from Lake Powell by 2020

04/03/08 Weird fish discovered in Utah

March News:

03/25/08 Quagga Mussels threaten Utah waters

03/25/08 Proposed Bear Lake Hydroelectric Plant May Harm Native Fish

03/18/08 Springville preparing for spring runoff

03/18/08 Dam project would expand breeding grounds for endangered fish

03/15/08 Water outlook 'as good as it gets'

03/14/08 Underground leaks widespread

03/12/08 Water outlook shows Basin ahead of average for February

03/11/08 Water worries: Utah officials aren't testing for chemicals

03/10/08 Tank leak forces water conservation in Kaysville

03/10/08 Drinking water contaminated with prescription drugs

03/07/08 Water Rushes Down Grand Canyon in High Flow Experiment

03/01/08 Farmers lease water rights to help trout

February News:

02/26/08 The detective knows what water you've been drinking

02/25/08 Despite recent flooding, hydrologists aren't predicting bad spring floods

02/25/08 White Pine County, Nevada, is a Critical Water Source of large areas of Nevada and Utah

02/25/08 Spring floods getting head start

02/25/08 Heavy Rains Good For Utah Snowpack

02/22/08 Grim forcast for water supplies across the West

02/17/08 Mayor of Las Vegas may have opened multistate water war

02/12/08 Water conservation funding dries up in House

02/08/08 Hydrologist says water supply looks fabulous

January News:

01/21/08 SunCrest water inadequate?

01/14/08 When Harry Met Vegas

01/01/08 December precipitation in Salt Lake City almost tripled