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Amory Lovins highly critical of Aspen’s hydro project
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Water and Rivers
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Colorado Water Trust wants to lease water to benefit rivers
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The upper Roaring Fork River and the lower Crystal River are two of 19 sections of river in Colorado that the Colorado Water Trust has identified as high priority reaches for its 2013 water leasing program. Continue Reading →
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A water gap, and a data gap, along the Roaring Fork River
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Current streamflow gauges can present an inaccurate picture of how much water is in the Roaring Fork River as it flows through Aspen. Continue Reading →
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PitCo says planning period for Crystal River dam has lapsed
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Pitkin County wants a water court judge to rule that the planning period for a project that includes a dam on the upper Crystal River, and one on North Thompson Creek in the Thompson-Divide area, has lapsed since planning began in the late 1950s. Continue Reading →
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Wastewater system in Aspen Village needs an upgrade
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The 50-year-oldwastewater treatment system that serves 450 people at Aspen Village needs to be upgraded, but the deed-restricted community 10 miles below Aspen doesn’t have the money to do it ... Continue Reading →
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County paddling upstream to kayak park on Roaring Fork
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A long list of powerful parties are still opposing Pitkin County’s efforts to obtain a water right for a kayak park on the Roaring Fork River in Basalt, and a trial date in water court is now looming downstream ... Continue Reading →
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Study documents ’12 drought conditions on Fork and Crystal
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Due to water diversions during the hot and dry summer of 2012, sections of the Roaring Fork River through Aspen and the Crystal River above Carbondale were running significantly below the levels a state water agency says are necessary to protect the environment. Continue Reading →
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Trial date set in city hydro-water case
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A 15-day trial has been set for Oct. 28 to decide if the city of Aspen has abandoned its water rights to produce hydropower on lower Castle Creek. Continue Reading →
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Colorado Springs blocking donation of water to local rivers
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Pitkin County and the Colorado Water Conservation Board are finding it’s not easy to leave water in two local rivers for environmental purposes. Continue Reading →
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Pitkin County fighting city of Aurora over Fryingpan water
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Pitkin County has spent $50,000 since 2010 to prevent a Front Range city from expanding a water right it owns to divert 2,600 acre-feet of water a year from four creeks high in the Fryingpan River basin. Continue Reading →