Water Desk
‘Colorado’s Conceptual Framework’ included in water plan
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A guide to future negotiations on a new TMD goes from “the seven points of light” to a “draft conceptual agreement” to “Colorado’s Conceptual Framework”
Water Desk
Diverse views on framework for future transmountain diversions
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Those opposed to new diversions tend to support the framework. Those who see them as necessary reject the framework’s restrictions.
Water Desk
Front Range water providers defend their turf
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The dissing of summer lawns lawns: comments on the Colorado Water Plan reveal differing views about urban grass, and the use of Western Slope water to grow it.
Water Desk
Twin Lakes finishes dam repairs, draws opposition in water court
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Repairs have been made to Grizzly Reservoir, but Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Co. is facing questions in water court about its historic diversions under Independence Pass.
Water Desk
Transmountain diversion framework endorsed by water planners
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The framework finds that a new project should not increase the likelihood of a call from California for more water under the Colorado Compact, or preclude future growth on the West Slope, among other principles.
Transmountain Diversions
Transmountain diversion concepts discussed in Rifle
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State and local officials met in Rifle to discuss a “conceptual framework” that could shape the terms under which more water could be moved from the West Slope to the Front Range.
Transmountain Diversions
Water committee endorses revised transmountain diversion document
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More context has been added to “the seven points,” or the “draft conceptual framework,” on how to negotiate a future potential transmountain diversion in Colorado.
Transmountain Diversions
The South Platte basin calls for more Western Slope water
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At the core of the South Platte plan are potential new transmountain diversion or pumpback projects on the Green, Gunnison, Yampa, Colorado, Blue and Eagle rivers.
Transmountain Diversions
Justice scolds Aurora over diverted Fryingpan River water use
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Pitkin County and Aurora disagree on how a transmountain water right should be calculated, and a judge, steeped in water law, questioned how Aurora managed its water right.
Transmountain Diversions
Potential new transmountain diversion gets a boost at statewide summit
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Some 300 members of the state’s river basin roundtables came to near unanimous consensus on March 12 regarding a “draft conceptual framework” to guide discussions of a potential new transmountain diversion in Colorado.