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A record year for snowfall dug much of the West out of drought, and in Utah, it meant reservoirs at healthy levels, a rise in the Great Salt Lake and promise for Lake Powell. Is it enough, however?
The four states are not taking land and they are not buying water rights. But the Colorado River is in trouble and the Upper Basin states are saving water where they can when it comes to consumptive use.