Aspen Journalism (https://www.aspenjournalism.org/)
Reservoir levels are dropping, future hydrology is scary, and water must be saved.
Despite the welcome snowstorms in Colorado, dry soil in the upper Colorado River basin may keep runoff levels below average.
Colorado is ready to investigate the feasibility of a “voluntary, temporary and compensated” water-use reduction program
The Yampa-White-Green Basin Roundtable forms a “big river” committee as the state delves into “demand management.”
Aspen Journalism in 2018 covered the drying of the Colorado River basin and the efforts by the City of Aspen to move conditional water rights out of the Castle and Maroon creek valleys.
Snowmass Water and San is seeking a right to pump 500 AF of water a year from the Roaring Fork at the rate of 9 cfs.
As snowmaking increases on Aspen Mountain and the Snowmass Ski Area, more water will be diverted from local streams.
Aaron Million’s latest water-pipeline proposal may have run into opposition, but there is interest in water from the Green River along Colorado’s Front Range.
The commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation says “the chance for crisis is far too high.”
“We know they’re working because they’re needed, because they want to work, and because employers need them.”