The Water Desk at the School for Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Upper Colorado River Resource Guide
Lake Powell water level information
Mountain Buzz flow chart
NRCS: Snowpack chart
USGS: Map of real time streamflow conditions in Colorado
USGS: Table of real time Colorado streamflows
USGS: List of USGS links for Colorado headwaters
USGS: Roaring Fork watershed links
USGS: Eagle River watershed links
USGS: Blue River watershed links
USDA snowpack graphics
Bureau of Reclamation
A view from the Pitkin County end of Homestake Reservoir, located on Homestake Creek, a tributary of the upper Eagle River. Credit: Brent Gardner-Smith/Aspen Journalism Div. 5 Water Court
Div. 5 Division Engineer
Colorado Dam Safety
The building, in Denver, that houses the CWCB. Credit: Brent Gardner-Smith/Aspen Journalism Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB )
CWCB: Past meeting agendas
CWCB: Colorado’s Water Plan
CWCB: Colorado River Basin Roundtable (CBRT)
CBRT: Colorado River Basin Implementation Plan
CBRT: Colorado River basin roundtable membership list, from Aspen Journalism
Arkansas River Basin Roundtable
Gunnison River Basin Roundtable
South Platte River Basin Roundatble
Metro Basin Roundtable
Yampa White Green River Basin Roundtable
Rio Grande River Basin Roundtable
A view of red canyon, just south of Glenwood Springs, from the Roaring Fork River on May 13, 2015. Credit: Jeremy Wallace / The Aspen Times Colorado River District
Grand Valley Water Users Association
Northwest Council of Governments
Colorado Water Congress
Front Range Water Council
Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District
City of Aspen
Snowmass Water and Sanitation District
Basalt Water Conservancy District
Ruedi Water and Power Authority
Eagle River Water and Sanitation
Eagle River Watershed Council
West Divide Water Conservancy District
Ute Water Conservancy District
Clifton Water
Grand County Water and Sanitation
Winter Park Water and Sanitation District
Upper Blue Sanitation District
Silt Water Conservancy District
Bluestone Water Conservancy District
Collbran Water Conservancy District
Middle Park Water Conservancy District
Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District
The diversion structure for the Maybell Canal on the Yampa River east of Maybell. The ditch has been working to reduce diversions after the division engineer found it was diverting more water than it needed. Credit: Brent Gardner-Smith/Aspen Journalism Northern Water
Northern: West Slope water data
Northern: Reservoir data
Denver Water
Aurora Water
Colorado Springs Utilities
Southeastern Water Conservancy District
Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Company
Part of a trans mountain diversion structure on a tributary in the upper Fryingpan River. Credit: Brent Gardner-Smith / Aspen Journalism Adams Tunnel
Roberts Tunnel
Moffat Tunnel
Bousted Tunnel
Twin Lakes Tunnel
Homestake Tunnel
Grand River Ditch
Continental Hoosier Tunnel
Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel
Wurtz Ditch
The crest of the dam across the Fryingpan River that forms Ruedi Reservoir, which can hold 102,373 acre-feet of water. Credit: Photo: Courtesy of Bureau of Reclamation Granby Reservoir
Dillon Reservoir
Green Mountain Reservoir
Ruedi Reservoir
Williams Fork Reservoir
Wolford Mountain Reservoir
Homestake Reservoir
Vega Reservoir
Shadow Mountain Reservoir
Rifle Gap Reservoir
Willow Creek Reservoir
Grass Valley Reservoir
Clinton Gulch Reservoir
Eagle Park Reservoir
Largest Reservoirs in Colorado
A beaver dam on lower Lincoln Creek, in 2011. Credit: Brent Gardner-Smith/Aspen Journalism Colorado Mesa University Water Center
Colorado River Outfitters Association
Colorado Trout Unlimited
Western Resource Advocates
American Rivers
The Government Highline Canal is managed by the Grand Valley Water Users Association, and serves as a major source of irrigation water in the Grand Valley. Credit: Brent Gardner-Smith/Aspen Journalism Cameo call flows
River gages:
Flows in Colorado River at Cameo
Flows in Plateau Creek at Colorado River
Flows in the 15-mile reach below Palisade
Flows in Government Highland Canal
Flows in Grand Valley Irrigation Canal
Flows in Orchard Mesa Canal System
The Grottos, in the upper Roaring Fork River basin. Credit: Brent Gardner-Smith/Aspen Journalism / Aspen Journalism Roaring Fork flows and info
Flows at Shoshone
Flows in Roaring Fork at Glenwood
Flows in Roaring Fork through Aspen, at Mill St.
Flows in Roaring Fork through Aspen
Roaring Fork watershed gages
Roaring Fork gage chart scan
Roaring Fork River basin flows
Roaring Fork watershed gage map
A view of the Dolores River below Slickrock. Credit: Brent Gardner-Smith/Aspen Journalism Dolores River flows
Basin Maps
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The Colorado River basin and its context in the West. –
Transmountain diversions in Colorado, by size –
River basins in Colorado. –
The Upper Colorado River basin, within Colorado, including the Gunnison River basin. –
The upper Colorado River basin, within Colorado, including the Gunnison basin. –
A map showing water facilities in the upper Colorado River basin. Credit: USGS –
The Upper Colorado River basin, within Colorado, aka Div. 5 –
Upper Colorado River above Grand Junction, aka Div. 5 –
Upper Colorado River basin map –
Grand Valley consumptive use map, CBRT draft BIP –
Middle Colorado sub region per CBRT BIP –
Roaring Fork sub region, CBRT BIP –
Roaring Fork River watershed –
Eagle River sub region per CBRT BIP –
Eagle River basin. –
State Bridge sub region per CBRT BIP –
Summit County sub region, CBRT BIP –
The Blue River basin. –
Grand County sub region per CBRT BIP –
The headwaters of the upper Colorado River.
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