drinking water

A new study from Northern Arizona University shows how climate change is shrinking vital springs in the Grand Canyon and along the Mogollon Rim. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.

The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $3 million in grant funding to reduce runoff-related pollution in drinking water in Oak Creek and some mine sites in Arizona.

The U.S. government has awarded a $73 million contract to construct pumping plants as part of an ongoing project to bring drinking water to the Navajo Nation and Gallup residents in northwestern New Mexico.

The federal government will allocate more than $32 million from last year’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to drinking water projects in Arizona.

More than $12 million in federal funding will be allocated to clean water projects in Arizona from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation projects that in 2024 the water level in Lake Powell could drop below the intakes that serve the City of Page and the LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation. The federal agency has announced short term measures to prop up the reservoir, which is threatened by drought and climate change. But the City of Page is thinking ahead to longer-term solutions. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke with Bryan Hill of Page Utility Enterprise, the city’s power and water utility.

Congress will consider a bill finalizing a water rights settlement for the Hualapai Tribe in Arizona. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, it will resolve the tribe’s longstanding claims to the Colorado, Bill Williams, and Verde rivers.

The company that provides water to the area burned by the Tunnel Fire says the homes that are still standing never lost water access, and the water is safe to drink. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will uphold a Trump-era environmental policy not to regulate a drinking water contaminant that has been linked to brain damage in infants.

A new microgrant program designed to fund increased water access on the Navajo Nation has announced its first group of recipients. A half-dozen grassroots…