Shortage Declaration Declared For Lower Colorado River Basin

August 22, 2021Posted inClimate Change, Colorado River, Native Americans, News and information, On The Water Front, Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), The Economy, Virgin River, Virgin River Water District, Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB), walker lake
Drought conditioned runoffs along the Colorado River Basin have triggered mandatory shortage declarations In the Lower Basin for the first n history. On August 16, The Bureau of Reclamation (BoR)…

Managing Water With NASA DATA

May 2, 2021Posted inClimate Change, Colorado River, Features, Health, Native Americans, News and information, On The Water Front, Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), The Economy, Virgin River, Virgin River Water District, Virgin Valley Water Board (VVWB)
By   Nikki Tulley, contributing writer, Maddie Ecker, Earth Applied Sciences Writer Water is scarce and drought is pervasive in the American southwest where The Navajo Nation is located. The Water Resources program…