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‘Colorado’s Conceptual Framework’ included in water plan

By Brent Gardner-Smith | November 28, 2015

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”

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Diverse views on framework for future transmountain diversions

By Brent Gardner-Smith | November 8, 2015

Those opposed to new diversions tend to support the framework. Those who see them as necessary reject the framework’s restrictions.

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Front Range water providers defend their turf

By Brent Gardner-Smith | November 3, 2015

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.

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Twin Lakes finishes dam repairs, draws opposition in water court

By Brent Gardner-Smith | October 11, 2015

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.

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Transmountain diversion framework endorsed by water planners

By Brent Gardner-Smith | August 26, 2015

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.

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Transmountain diversion concepts discussed in Rifle

By Brent Gardner-Smith | July 25, 2015

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.

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Water committee endorses revised transmountain diversion document

By Brent Gardner-Smith | July 13, 2015

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.

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The South Platte basin calls for more Western Slope water

By Brent Gardner-Smith | July 8, 2015

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.

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Justice scolds Aurora over diverted Fryingpan River water use

By Brent Gardner-Smith | June 10, 2015

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.

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Potential new transmountain diversion gets a boost at statewide summit

By Brent Gardner-Smith | March 21, 2015

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.

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