Drought – The Journal

Durango to explore pipeline from Lake Nighthorse to Terminal Reservoir

Study will look at logistics, costs to support city water supply

DATE: Sep 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Monsoon activity expected to stay strong through September

Durango has received 7 to 9 inches of rain in past 2½ months

DATE: Aug 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Crisis looms without big cuts to over-tapped Colorado River

SALT LAKE CITY – Hydroelectric turbines may stop turning. Las Vegas and Phoenix may be forced to restrict water usage or growth. Farmers might cease growing some crops, leaving fields of let...

DATE: Aug 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Deadline looms for states to cut Colorado River use

Tensions over the cuts and how to spread them equitably have flared

DATE: Aug 15, 2022 | CATEGORY:

Bureau of Reclamation to receive $4 billion to combat drought in Colorado River Basin

Funding will incentivize water-reduction efforts

DATE: Aug 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S. House passes major wildfire and drought package

Republicans call for more logging to thin forests

DATE: Aug 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Summer showers help, but long-term drought persists in Southwest Colorado

Forecaster says monsoons should keep delivering near-daily rains

DATE: Jul 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Water falls to extremely low levels at Lake Mead amid drought

Reservoir is now below 30% of capacity

DATE: Jul 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s drought is bad. Tree ring history shows it could get a lot worse

A new study finds a scorching spell 1,800 years ago robbed the Colorado River of more than one-third of its water

DATE: Jul 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Rain in June? Forecasters say up to an inch possible through Sunday

Thunderstorms heighten possibility of lightning-sparked wildfires

DATE: Jun 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

How cities in the West have water amid drought

As drought and climate change tighten their grip on the American West, the sight of fountains, swimming pools, gardens and golf courses in cities such as Albuquerque, Phoenix, Salt Lake City...

DATE: May 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Southwest’s drought, fires a window into climate change future

Experts describe how reality threatens fastest-growing region in U.S.

DATE: May 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News