June 2, 2015--Drought exacts heavy toll in West, senators told (Coloradoan)
Witnesses presented a bleak picture of the impact of ongoing drought in the West during a Senate hearing Tuesday, but there were a few rays of hope. First the bad news:•Seventy-five percent of land in...
View ArticleSeptember 10, 2015--Lake expansion, renovation project complete (Telluride...
Ridgway’s water supply is in no danger of running dry thanks to the completion of a roughly $2 million expansion and renovation project at Lake Otonowanda. The project increased the town’s water...
View ArticleOctober 27, 2015--Western Slope lawmakers cast careful eye on water plan...
State lawmakers representing Western Slope constituents are viewing a nearly complete Colorado water plan with a mix of hope and fear. Eight of them addressed the Colorado Basin Roundtable Monday, with...
View ArticleNovember 6, 2015--Water plan may emphasize storage (Grand Junction Sentinel)
Building a transmountain diversion in Colorado is one thing — 11 on a difficulty scale of 5 — but increasing water storage might be far easier, the head of the Colorado Water Conservation Board said....
View ArticleDecember 6, 2015--Conservation? Yes Dam storage? No (Pueblo Chieftain)
Gov. John Hickenlooper recently unveiled Colorado’s first-ever state water plan. After nearly two years of meetings and input, the ballyhoo of releasing the plan was heard from Yuma to Grand Junction....
View ArticleJanuary 9, 2016--How the feds can ensure Western states get more water in...
This summer, as California was struggling through its fourth and most severe year of drought, two California Congressmen unveiled legislation meant to ease the pain. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) and Rep....
View ArticleFebruary 3, 2016--PRID shareholders hear about State Water Plan (Pine River...
The final Colorado Water Plan released in November 2015 is "a significant improvement" over the first draft released in December 2014, water engineer Steve Harris told Pine River Irrigation District...
View ArticleMarch 8, 2016--West Slope lawmakers push for more storage of water on East...
A Western Slope lawmaker wants to help folks on the eastern side of the state store more water. Doing so not only would help serve the growing water demands of thirsty Front Range cities, but also take...
View ArticleApril 12, 2016--Water storage bill advances in Legislature (Durango Herald)
The Colorado House on Tuesday gave initial support to a measure that would require a study of water storage in Colorado. Rep. J.read more
View ArticleLPWWA Groundbreaking Ceremony (Durango, CO)
Start: 09/14/2016 10:00 am Start: 09/14/2016 10:00 am Please join us on Wednesday, September 14th at 10 am for the Ground Breaking Ceremony of the La Plata West Water Authority Raw Water Project. This...
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