Water

Take a toxic tour of the Great Salt Lake

Utah grapples with its future of industry around its dying inland sea.

Brooke Larsen Dec. 1, 2023 From the print edition

Another gunky, toxic season for Utah waters

Harmful algae blooms, fueled by warming temperatures and nutrient runoff, plague the state.

Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright Nov. 9, 2023

When burn scars become roaring earthen rivers

Geologists in Washington are monitoring scorched forest to help create a better warning system for deadly debris flows.

Kylie Mohr Nov. 1, 2023 From the print edition

Changing the law of the river

Bureau of Reclamation releases draft plan to change the way the Colorado River is managed in Nevada, Arizona and California.

Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition

A savage SLAPP suit

Group wants to stop impending destruction of Savage Rapids Dam in Oregon.

Staff May 30, 1994 From the print edition

Rural area beats back water diversion plan

American Water Development Inc. loses battle for San Luis, Colo., water.

Barry Noreen May 30, 1994 From the print edition

Irrigation pumps kill salmon

Survey finds faulty screens at more than half of Northwest's dams.

Carol Busch May 30, 1994 From the print edition

Cities fight to keep water out of the Platte

The South Platte River is being captured by cities.

Bob Kretschman May 16, 1994 From the print edition

Oregon dam is in limbo

Future of Elk Creek Dam undecided after new ruling.

Staff May 2, 1994 From the print edition

BuRec downsizes

Bureau of Reclamation moves from Denver, Colo., office to Washington, D.C., as part of overhaul.

Staff May 2, 1994 From the print edition

Colorado told to stop stealing water

Judge rules Colorado has been stealing Arkansas River water from Kansas for 45 years.

Barry Noreen May 2, 1994 From the print edition

From driveways to watersheds

Effort launched to reduce nonpoint pollution to Truckee River through education and conservation.

Ernie Thompson April 18, 1994 From the print edition

Seattle resident turns open sewers back into streams

John Beal crusades to restore northwest streams.

George Howland Jr. April 18, 1994 From the print edition

Coal firm may pull its straw out of aquifer

Hopi Tribe pushes for Peabody Western Coal Co. to build a pipeline and stop pumping groundwater.

Karin Schill April 18, 1994 From the print edition

New plan will protect salmon habitat

"Pacfish" proposal would protect riparian areas of northwest.

Paul Larmer April 18, 1994 From the print edition

Indians and water

Indian Water Rights: Negotiating the Future reviewed.

Steve Hinchman April 4, 1994 From the print edition

Wet and wild symposium

Water, Wet & Wild: Flowing into the 21st Century symposium planned.

Staff March 7, 1994 From the print edition

Symposium won't be dry

Rivers at the Crossroads: Law, Science, Politics and People symposium planned.

Staff March 7, 1994 From the print edition

From driveways to watersheds

Booklet Protecting Our Water Resources aims to reduce Truckee River pollution.

Staff March 7, 1994 From the print edition

Las Vegas wheels and deals for Colorado River water

Patricia Mulroy negotiates for Southern Nevada Water Authority.

Jon Christensen Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition

Draining the budget to desalt the Colorado

Yuma Desalting Plant is boondoggle of the decade.

Martin Van Der Werf Feb. 21, 1994 From the print edition

Idaho's unsettling sediment

Government study shows Idaho's Lake Coeur d'Alene contaminated by mining sediments.

John Rosapepe Feb. 7, 1994 From the print edition

Some dams self-destruct

Some dams will be easy to get rid of.

Bryan Foster Feb. 7, 1994 From the print edition

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