Arizona
February 9, 2010--Study: Gains from flooding Grand Canyon short-lived (Durango Herald)
Maintaining sandbars crucial to wildlife in the Grand Canyon would require more frequent high water flows from Glen Canyon Dam that coincide with natural flooding of Colorado River tributaries, a U.S. Geological Survey scientist said last week.
December 4, 2009--EPA withdraws discharge permit for Arizona mine (Durango Herald)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn a water discharge permit for a controversial coal-mining operation in northern Arizona pending public hearings.
November 2, 2009--EPA air rules could impact AZ water rates (Denver Post)
The coal-fired Navajo Generating Station supplies a fraction of Arizona's electricity demands, but it plays a critical role in moving water to the state's largest cities.
September 17, 2009--Ariz. tribes unite against uranium mines (Durango Herald)
The Hualapai Tribe has renewed a ban on uranium mining on its land near
the Grand Canyon, joining other Native American tribes in opposing what
they see as a threat to their environment and their culture. The tribal ban adds to a temporary mining ban on nearly 1 million
federally owned acres around the Grand Canyon.
July 22, 2009--Water experts: Mining near Grand Canyon is risky (Denver Post)
Uranium mining near the Grand Canyon would court disaster, risking damage to critical water supplies, local officials and water experts told a House panel Tuesday.
July 19, 2009--Invasive mussels imperil western water system (Denver Post)
Two years after an invasive mussel was first discovered at Lake Mead, the population has firmly established itself and gone on a breeding binge, with numbers soaring into the trillions.
- Agriculture
- Aqueduct
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado River
- Invasive Species
- Irrigation
- Lake Mead
- Lake Powell
- Lake Tahoe
- Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Park Service
- Nevada
- Press Clippings
- Quagga Mussels
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Utah
- Water Storage
- Zebra Mussels
July 6, 2009--Tucson ordinance requiring rainwater harvesting on commercial building drawing interest (L.A. Times)
Long dependent on wellwater and supplies sent hundreds of miles by canal from the Colorado River, this desert city will soon harvest some of its 12 inches of annual rainfall to help bolster its water
June 23, 2009--State grapples with water strategies (Pueblo Chieftain)
Colorado is moving closer to seeing the impact of a “gap” in municipal water supplies.
- Agriculture
- Arizona
- Arkansas River
- Arkansas Valley
- California
- Colorado
- Colorado River
- Colorado Water Conservation Board
- Drought
- Flaming Gorge Reservoir
- Gunnison River
- Interbasin Compact Committee
- Irrigation
- Municipal Water
- Nevada
- Oil Shale
- Population Growth
- Press Clippings
- South Platte
- Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District
- Statewide Water Supply Initiative
- Super Ditch
- Water Conservation
- Water Rights
- Water Supply
- Wyoming
- Yampa River
June 17, 2009--Ritter optimistic on West's water challenges (Pueblo Chieftain)
Downstream states should be looking to conservation methods and new technologies to improve their water supplies, rather than uphill for additional sources, Gov. Bill Ritter said Tuesday.
