FILE - Low water levels at Wahweap Bay at Lake Powell along the Upper Colorado River Basin are shown, June 9, 2021, at the Utah and Arizona border at Wahweap, Ariz. The Biden administration announced Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, that 15 Native American tribes will get a total of $580 million in federal money this year for water rights settlements. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
April 18, 2024 /Local News

Federal Funds Will Address Regional Drought Planning

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Projects affecting the Upper Colorado River Basin will soon benefit from nearly 30-million dollars in new federal funding. Utah is one of the states included in the government effort to improve drought planning across the Basin. Department of Interior officials announced the funding on Tuesday. The funding windfall came just a day after the Bureau of Reclamation released new projections for Lake Powell water levels. Bureau officials say levels will rise from 17 to 52 feet in the next few months as a result of seasonal snowpack melts. Officials on Monday say water flow into Lake Powell in April will be about 87 percent of the average for this time of year.

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