Idaho Department of Water Resources

Hundreds of wells in the Treasure and Payette Valleys will have water levels measured this fall in the first widespread water level study in 25 years. The U.S. Geological Survey is working with the Idaho Department of Water Resources, local municipalities and utility company Veolia to record water levels in about 600 wells in the area – triple the number that are regularly monitored.

It’s no secret that this past year has been extraordinarily dry in Idaho, with two-thirds of the state experiencing some form of drought.

Gov. Brad Little signed an emergency drought declaration this week for all of Idaho’s 44 counties after an unusually warm year.

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.