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Colorado River District shifts gaze to a 2020 tax question
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A reprieve from Gallagher, and a new potential water-funding question in 2019, come in to play.
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Colorado studies options after Trump signs drought contingency plan
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Trump signs DCP bill, IID sues, states must still sign, and Colorado investigates using less water.
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The Shoshone hydro plant went down, but flows in the Colorado River stayed up
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An “outage protocol,” and a brief warm spell, kept the river above 1,250 cfs.
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Fact fuses with fiction at Phoenix water meeting
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Hot, dusty and chaotic is in the forecast from science, and science fiction.
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Dangerous diversion structure in Roaring Fork River made worse for boaters after repair by ditch owner
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A repair to a rock weir in Basalt had a side effect of reducing passage for boaters.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.