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State water engineer warns of low snowpack and stalled Colorado River talks

Emery County Public Lands Council · January 6, 2026
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Utah Division of Water Rights regional engineer Cash Stallings told the council local snowpack is below average and that Colorado River negotiations remain unresolved; he said federal officials are preparing an EIS and warned "it's not going well" for interstate talks.

Cash Stallings, regional engineer for the Utah Division of Water Rights, told the Emery County Public Lands Council the local and regional water picture is weak heading into the irrigation season.

"Price is at 61 percent, San Rafael's at 57, the Muddy's at 61, Desolation Canyon's at 75%," Stallings said, summarizing basin-level snowpack numbers…

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