Utah Rivers Council

The proposed policies from Sen. Nate Blouin and Rep. Joel Briscoe are backed by water conservation advocacy groups.

Only 27% of the water used in Utah comes from the Colorado River, with the majority of the state’s water supply coming from other rivers that feed into the Great Salt Lake.

While some will have to make historic cuts, Utah leaders are still “fighting aggressively” for the state’s allocation of Colorado River water.

As water levels at Lake Powell continue to drop, the groups say important and old mechanisms on the dam will be useless.

The Great Salt Lake Recovery Act would put $10 million toward monitoring lake conditions and exploring solutions to dropping water levels.

The groups say the Iron County water district “fudged” population projections to help them promote a $260 million water project.

“Anything that has to do with water, we’ve been totally blocked out,” said Christopher Tabbee of the Ute Indian Tribe. “We’ve never been consulted on any decisions.”

Utah is in the midst of its worst drought in decades. State officials have focused on that to explain the water shortage the state is facing. But experts say there’s more to the story.

A water conservation advocate said Utahns should be looking outside to save water. Two ways to do that? Rain barrels and drought-tolerant landscaping.

The Colorado River Authority bill advances to the full Senate after being amended to be more in line with open meeting and record laws.

The Cove Reservoir in Kane County is planned to be for agricultural use. But environmental groups say where the water will be used isn’t agricultural.

Many are calling it far-fetched, but a mountain west entrepreneur is reviving a proposal to draw water from Utah's Green River and funnel it to Colorado's…