Idaho Department of Water Resources

Idaho’s water regulators have redirected $10 million toward Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer recharge projects after Gov. Brad Little promised the money to farmers and ranchers last month.

The Idaho Department of Water Resources surpassed its annual target for replenishing the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer.

Silver iodide has been the dominant ingredient for cloud seeding in the West, but it doesn't work so well in warm temperatures.

The dispute is over water rights that the federal government holds for livestock on public lands.

Nearly every part of Idaho has been grappling with water supply over the past few years due to drought.

Recent drought years have meant the benchmarks to reverse the aquifer’s decline aren’t being met.

Water managers found June precipitation was strong enough to get by, plus the state changed the methodology for determining who needs to be curtailed and when.

The Idaho Department of Water Resources estimates about 900 groundwater rights dating back as far as 1953 could be shut off this year.

The Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer provides drinking water for about 300,000 people.

It's an improvement, but conditions are still slowly recovering from an extreme drought two years ago.