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In the past, if the hydropower plant was not operating, the water right tied to it is not being put to beneficial use and cannot be used.
On Wednesday, the board of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety levied a $18,600 penalty for the October spill.
Officials say water should be the least of anyone’s concerns during the growing outbreak, which has prompted an unprecedented statewide stay-at-home order and has seen most nonessential businesses and schools shut down.
Since the ski lifts between Aspen and Vail stopped spinning on March 14, Holy Cross has seen demand for electricity fall 8% to 10%.
According to a real-time text poll, 57% of the workshop participants said the demand-management feasibility investigation was moving too slowly.
House Bill 1159, which passed the House with a unanimous 63-0 vote and the Senate with a 31-1 vote, authorizes state water officials to confirm historical usages, such as water used for livestock, whether or not it’s held in an official water right.
CPW has proposed the Glenwood Special Management Area, where the agency will focus on suppressing the lion population.
Sources we are using to track the spread, and the fallout …
In studying what led to the March 2019 avalanche cycle, snow scientists are identifying some elements — such as warmer temperatures, wetter air and snow, and more-intense storms — that are not so unusual and are consistent with a warming climate.
Committee partners have worked to protect Dillon Reservoir even as Summit County’s population and wastewater loads have continued to grow significantly.