Virtually all of Utah is in a drought for the first time in nearly three years. Technically, 99.99% of the state is listed in moderate or severe drought in the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report, but it was enough for the National Integrated Drought Information System to point out Thursday that the Beehive State is now the only U.S. state entirely in drought at the moment. Dry conditions and above-normal temperatures pushed the remaining parts of central and northern Utah that were still considered “abnormally dry” into moderate drought, Curtis Riganti, a climatologist for the National Drought Mitigation Center, wrote in the report. … It comes after the Utah Division of Water Resources reported earlier this week that outflows from the state’s reservoirs are outpacing inflows earlier than usual, which is something that typically happens later in the summer. Utah’s statewide reservoir system is now 79% full, which is above the July median average of 73% but far below last year’s average of 91%.

Other Utah water news:

• FOX13 (Salt Lake City, Utah): Utah is the only US state to be 100% in drought
• ABC4 Utah: Water managers address low aquifer levels in Iron County
• The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah): Utah jumps two spots in chemical releases, EPA says. Here’s why.
• Phys.org: It may be stinky and buggy, but scientists say Great Salt Lake is worth saving