Lake Powell
February 19, 2010--Low spring runoff, low flood threat in forecast (Grand Junction Sentinel)
The Colorado River isn’t expected to swell in water volume as much as normal during the upcoming spring runoff, according to a National Weather Service forecast. Also, flood potential because of melting snow is not high for now for most of western Colorado and eastern Utah, according to the agency’s spring flood and water resources outlook.
November 10, 2009--Las Vegas gambles with an uncertain water future (New York Times)
Across the United States, water managers are beginning to grapple with climate change. And it's changing the way they think about almost everything.
September 8, 2009--Colorado River operations draw concerns (Pueblo Chieftain)
Colorado River water users are concerned about the potential that
agreements over the levels in Lake Powell and Lake Mead could be
jeopardized by federal policies on release and storage of water.
July 21, 2009--Climate change puts western water supply at risk (Environmental News Service)
The Colorado River system, which 30 million people depend on for drinking and irrigation, could lose all of its reservoir storage to climate change by the middle of the century, a new University of Colorad
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 8, 2009--San Juan River flows set to increase today (Durango Herald)
Declining river flows in the San Juan Basin are leading the Bureau of Reclamation to increase water releases from Navajo Reservoir to 800 cubic feet per second.
June 6, 2009--Lake Mead water level will be trigger for pipeline (Denver Post)
Opponents of a proposed pipeline to tap groundwater across eastern Nevada now have one more way to fight the project: Pray for the drought to end on the Colorado River.
April 15, 2009--Lake Mead water level set to drop below 1965 mark (Denver Post)
Drought-stricken Lake Mead is expected to drop this summer to its lowest level since May 1965, and water managers say it is approaching the trigger point for restrictions on water use by Nevada and Arizona
November 20, 2008--Invasive mussel confirmed in Utah's Electric Lake (Denver Post)
Trouble-making zebra mussels have arrived in Utah. But not where they were expected to show up.
November 4, 2008--Mussels likely in Utah (Pueblo Chieftain)
Invasive, damaging mussels have likely arrived in Utah waters but it probably won’t be confirmed until next summer, according to a state wildlife official.
