NewsRack: 'Wells' news in 'Water-Regional' topic for user flenvcenter

Herbert not budging on Snake Valley deal	19.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 18, 2013 07:21PM MDT Utah Gov. Gary Herbert stands by his decision against signing a proposed agreement with Nevada for sharing groundwater under the Snake Valley, an agricultural region straddling the state line. That’s according to a top aide, Mike Mower, speaking Tuesday before the State Water Development Commission. But that doesn’t mean Herbert is not interested in reaching an accord with Nevada. Rather he hopes to negotiate a new deal acceptable to Snake Valley residents, who stand the most to lose if the Sout... ...
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Controversy winds down on groundwater cleanup plan in SW Salt Lake Valley	18.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 17, 2013 08:50PM MDT The public dialog about a new drinking-water treatment plant is winding down after a decade of controversy. State water-quality officials hosted a question-and-answer session Monday, followed by a public hearing, on their plans to give final approval for the Southwest Groundwater Treatment Plant in West Jordan. It will treat groundwater that has been contaminated by historic mining in nearby Bingham Canyon. The plant will provide drinking water for Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District custom... ...
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Deb Babcock: Gardening on a slope	17.6.2013	Steamboat Pilot
If the slope in your garden rivals the pitch of a black diamond ski run, gardening on it can be a real challenge. Mulch and seeds don’t stay put, water immediately runs off, and getting into it for garden maintenance takes the skill of Spiderman.
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Fracking fuels water fights in nation's dry spots	16.6.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
SAN FRANCISCO—The latest domestic energy boom is sweeping through some of the nation's driest pockets, drawing millions of gallons of water to unlock oil and gas reserves from beneath the Earth's surface.
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Oil and gas drilling pits Colorado residents against lawmakers	16.6.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
The clash between homes and drill rigs — already being fought in the courts and the legislature — is dominating meetings of county commissions and city councils across the Front Range.
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Gender Unraveling difference between truth, fiction	15.6.2013	Durango Herald
Rose has chosen the Disney book, Cinderella, from the library, the version in which Cinderella x201calways tries to please her stepsisters,x201d despite their verbal and psychological abuse. And even though I feel like something is lodged in my throat, something large and chalky, like say, consumer culture selling the notion that to be...
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Utah interests fighting ‘unbridled gall’ of Nevada water project	15.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 14, 2013 03:02PM MDT Ely, Nev. • Everyone agrees that the water table under Spring Valley and three other rural Nevada valleys will drop after groundwater starts getting pumped for export to Las Vegas. But experts examining the same data have drawn much different conclusions about this project’s environmental, cultural and economic consequences. Native plant communities will wither and die, wildlife could be displaced, two tribes could lose their connection to an area they hold sacred, and ranches could see their wa... ...
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Tribes battle austerity with energy development	14.6.2013	High Country News Most Recent
As the West burns, Native American leaders convene to plan their energy future.
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Swift Energy gearing up to construct new well site (Cached)	14.6.2013	Durango Herald
Is there oil in that Mancos Shale? Thatx2019s what Swift Energy is hoping to find, and it is getting closer to exploring the possibility.On Thursday evening, representatives from the company met in Hesperus with community members, firefighters and board members of the Fort Lewis Mesa Fire Protection District and La Plata County staff...
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Spring Valley a flashpoint in water fight for Utah and the West	14.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 13, 2013 08:11PM MDT Ely, Nev. • The Nevada state engineer should never favor one part of the Silver State over another while deciding water rights cases. But that is exactly what Jason King did last year by authorizing the export of 61,127 acre-feet of Spring Valley’s groundwater to Las Vegas, according to arguments presented Thursday in 7th Judicial District Judge Robert Estes’ packed courtroom. That water rights decision, if allowed to stand, could sacrifice the lifestyles of eastern Nevada ranchers, tribal membe... ...
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Landmark North Routt business gets permit revision from Routt County	13.6.2013	Steamboat Pilot
Ironically, it wasn’t live music at the Hahn's Peak Roadhouse that concerned Routt County officials and neighbors this week as much as the possibility that contaminants from pastured horses on the property could run off and find their way into the water supply.
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Utahns keeping close tabs on Nevada’s water fight	10.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brian Maffly \| The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 10, 2013 01:01AM MDT The long-running fight over eastern Nevada’s groundwater, some of which flows toward Utah, returns to court this week in Ely, where multiple parties square off over a controversial decision last year that would enable pumping in four basins to feed a Las Vegas-bound pipeline. Nevada’s 7th District Judge Robert Estes fields arguments Thursday and Friday on whether to toss Nevada State Engineer Jason King’s decision to award Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) rights to several aquifers in the ... ...
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Wrestler Michael Martinez recovering from propane explosion by relying on never-quit mentality	9.6.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
As his life hung in the balance, with his body becoming more unrecognizable by the minute, Michael Martinez felt a previously unknown sensation. Confusion. A wrestler nearly his entire life, the two-time state champ at Pagosa Springs High School and star at Wyoming knew pain. But confusion?
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Dry news from the water mines	8.6.2013	From the Blogs
We're sucking up groundwater faster than ever
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Lewis: A penny for your stock	7.6.2013	Denver Post: Business
Sometimes I long for the days when I could drive to the Egghead Software store and buy computer programs on floppy disks.
Utah reservoirs are drying up	6.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 6, 2013 10:55AM MDT Agriculture production around the state is expected to take hit this summer as the water supply outlook grows increasingly bleak. At a time of year when the irrigation season should only be beginning, it is coming to a premature end in some places, such as the San Pitch Valley where its river and the Gunnison Reservoir have gone dry. “In another month we’ll be done here. We’ll probably get a first cutting [of alfalfa] and a decent second, but I doubt there will be much of a third,” said Ephraim ... ...
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Utah reservoirs are drying up	6.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 6, 2013 10:55AM MDT Agriculture production around the state is expected to take hit this summer as the water supply outlook grows increasingly bleak. At a time of the year when the irrigation season should only be beginning, it is coming to a premature end in some places, such as the San Pitch Valley where the Gunnison Reservoir has gone dry, according to Randy Julander, a hydrologist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service. The agency’s June update for Utah’s climate and water reports that reservoir storag... ...
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Intel's newest processor named after small Colorado town of Haswell	2.6.2013	Denver Post: Business
Intel's newest processor named after small Colorado town of Haswell
Texas firm files to drill wells (Cached)	29.5.2013	Durango Herald
The Texas company that plans to drill two exploratory horizontal shale-oil wells in western La Plata County has submitted its first drilling permit application to the state.The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission received an application for a permission to drill from Swift Energy on May 17. The application would allow the...
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California environmentalists fear frack fight a distraction	28.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
MONTEREY, Calif. — As California sets the ground rules for drilling in the Monterey oil formation, a hard-to-reach shale reserve that is the largest in the United States, some
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