Aspen Journalism (https://www.aspenjournalism.org/category/water/page/2/)
Programs are now expected to be put together in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico to bolster Lake Powell, and protect current and future uses in the upper Colorado River basin.
Engineer says water rights in the wilderness may not be not necessary to reach the Fry-Ark Project’s maximum diversions.
Upper basin states vote to execute agreements, lower basin states given until Jan. 31 to approve their agreements.
The city’s two diligence cases are now before a water court judge, and he’s seeking more information before making a decision.
The Colorado Water Conservation Board has given four grants worth nearly $850,000 for a project the Colorado Division of Water Resources says is “speculative.”
The River District board approves a state policy it lobbied for, but vote still key in ongoing regional drought contingency planning effort.
Water scarcity and explosive growth are driving water providers in the South Platte basin towards costly solutions.
Low water and competing interests making water management at Ruedi Reservoir more complicated, and more coordinated.
Can the state curtail water use to avoid violating the Colorado Compact? Views differ.
Agreements with ten opposing parties approved, but key water decrees not issued yet.