Water Desk
Horseshoe Bend last on list for Glenwood’s whitewater park sites
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An agreement with CPW to protect bighorn sheep and fish prioritizes the city’s options.
Water Desk
Colorado water officials start studying statewide program to reduce water use
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The water savings would come, in large measure, by paying willing irrigators to fallow hayfields and let water that would otherwise have been consumed run down the Colorado River system to Lake Powell, which is less than 40 percent full.
Water Desk
Gail Schwartz joins a majority of women on Colorado’s state water board
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The former state senator, who has extensive experience working on water-related legislation, joins the CWCB board of directors.
History Desk
Hope delivers Pandora’s Box on Aspen Mountain
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The terrain to be added to Aspen Mountain comes with a history fitting of its name.
Pair of lawsuits challenges need for more Colorado River water
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Lawsuits from Save the Colorado are challenging demand projections in an effort to leave more water in the Colorado River system.
Water Desk
Colorado River District sees soft demand for its stored water
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Sales to cities and the energy sector are flat or declining, but sales to boost instream flows hold promise.
Water Desk
Colorado River District seeking to ease tax limitations
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97 percent of the district’s revenue comes from property taxes, but state tax laws are reducing its revenue stream.
Reclamation official explains drought measures in lower Colorado River basin
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Reservoir levels are dropping, future hydrology is scary, and water must be saved.
Runoff in Colorado River basin likely below-average, federal official warns
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Despite the welcome snowstorms in Colorado, dry soil in the upper Colorado River basin may keep runoff levels below average.
Water Desk
State of Colorado, water managers, set to work on water-use reduction plan
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Colorado is ready to investigate the feasibility of a “voluntary, temporary and compensated” water-use reduction program