Idaho Department of Water Resources

Idaho Matters checks in with Natural Resources Conservation Service Water Supply Specialist Erin Wharton and Idaho Snow Survey Supervisor Corey Loveland about the state's water and snow picture.

Governor Brad Little signed legislation Wednesday that provides a major step forward in ending a years-long dispute over water.The law signed by the…

Hydrologists with the U.S. Geological Survey are working with the Idaho Department of Water Resources to track the amount of water under the Wood River…

Water managers are crediting a new Idaho law with keeping water from leaving the state.Idaho Department of Water Resources bureau chief Brian Patton says…

Idaho officials are requiring well users pumping water from a large aquifer to install measuring devices to better monitor their water usage.The Capital…

Like much of Idaho, people in the Wood River Valley rely on groundwater. Now, water managers have a new way of understanding the way surface water and…

Water banking is something you’ve probably heard of in stories about California’s drought. The idea is that if you’re a farmer with a water right and have…

Fremont County is the most recent addition of Idaho communities to receive a drought emergency declaration from the state. Blaine, Lincoln, Butte and…