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Two recent moves aim to benefit water access for tribal communities in the Colorado River basin. And the League of Women Voters of Utah is standing by its lawsuit challenging the state’s new congressional maps.
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Tribal communities will receive one-point-seven-billion dollars from the Department of the Interior to develop water infrastructure projects. And the town of Rico is holding two public meetings this week on the town’s program to clean up lead contamination in the soil.
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Arizona residents are facing water shortages as Colorado River water levels have been dropping. But some Navajo Nation members have been living without easy access to water for years. That’s why the federal government started building a drinking water system on the reservation. Emma VandenEinde reports on the success and remaining challenges of this long-term project.
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Denny Lake, a city-owned body of water in Cortez, will not be getting any more water this season.Also in Cortez, a car accident has prompted a change in…
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A Massive Plumbing System Moves Water Across Colorado’s Mountains. But There Isn't Much To Go AroundThe Colorado River supplies drinking water for some of the West’s biggest cities. And a lot of them lie outside the river’s natural watershed. Canals,…
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Emergency water releases from reservoirs upstream of Lake Powell are underway to preserve the nation’s second-largest reservoir’s ability to generate hydroelectric power.
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The government is expected to issue its first water shortage declaration for the river, which supplies more than 40 million people. That will mean hardships for farms, recreation and Indian tribes.
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As The Drought Intensifies in the Four Corners, Its Impacts Are Visible on McPhee Reservoir's ShoresUnderstanding the impacts of drought on everyday life isn't easy. Water access and distribution is complicated, especially in a place like the Four…