State officials looking for engagement on updated water plan
The plan says Colorado will continue the slow but steady transformation of moving water from agriculture — by far the largest water user — to cities, with nearly 14,000 acres of irrigated land expected to be urbanized, one-third of that in the Grand Valley.
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The Roundup | A moment of reckoning for water in the West
Record-low water storage levels at lakes Mead and Powell after more than two decades of drought conditions are among the chief indicators that the basin is “facing the growing reality that water supplies for agriculture, fisheries, ecosystems, industry and cities are no longer stable due to climate change.”
The Runoff | River District in D.C., streamflows stressed and a possible double peak
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Data dashboard: Local streamflow down as low as 50-60% of average
Race is on for Colorado River basin states to conserve before feds take action
Uinta Basin Railway faces obstacles
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MORE ON THE marble quarry and yule creek
Marble quarry must build bridge, culvert and improve stream for Clean Water Act violation
The mining company said the Army Corps required them to choose compensatory mitigation that was “in-kind” to the impacts on Yule Creek and as close as possible to the affected area.
