Carson City, NV –– The Great Basin Water Network released the following statement on the release of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Near-Term Operations of the Colorado…
Nevada lawmakers have proposed legislation that would allow the state to buy out water rights and retire them. The program would be administered by the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural…
In Nevada, Bloomberg's Kal Penn investigates the lasting impacts of the Colorado River Compact, the 1922 agreement that doles out water rights to seven states. The system, over-optimistic from the…
The legislation tackles developing issues across the state: Managing Humboldt River where groundwater pumping is connected to the flows of the river; How to share water in the Lower White River…
Four states that use water from the Colorado River are asking the federal government to pause some water releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico, which…
Experts and advocates say the moves represent a step in the right direction for Utah’s capital, but it’s going to take more than one community to save the city’s namesake…
The Glen Canyon Dam is just 32 feed away from the "minimum power pool" - the point at which it would no longer generate power for the Basin States. As…
Alternatives for major modifications to Glen Canyon Dam surfaced Tuesday at a public meeting, the first acknowledgment by the federal government that the dam could require changes. But water conservation…
The Interior Department privately floated a plan to drill new tunnels through Glen Canyon dam along the Colorado River in a bid to enable water to flow out of the…
One proposal would bring cuts of 2 million acre-feet of water for users pulling from the drought-choked Colorado River system, mostly affecting California, Nevada and Arizona, in an attempt to…