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Category: Transmountain Diversions

Posted inTransmountain Diversions, Water

‘Colorado’s Conceptual Framework’ included in water plan

by Brent Gardner-Smith November 28, 2015February 19, 2021

A guide to future negotiations on a new TMD goes from “the seven points of light” to a “draft conceptual agreement” to “Colorado’s Conceptual Framework”

Posted inTransmountain Diversions, Water

Diverse views on framework for future transmountain diversions

by Brent Gardner-Smith November 8, 2015February 19, 2021

Those opposed to new diversions tend to support the framework. Those who see them as necessary reject the framework’s restrictions.

Posted inTransmountain Diversions, Water

Front Range water providers defend their turf

by Brent Gardner-Smith November 3, 2015February 19, 2021

The dissing of summer lawns lawns: comments on the Colorado Water Plan reveal differing views about urban grass, and the use of Western Slope water to grow it.

Posted inTransmountain Diversions, Water

Twin Lakes finishes dam repairs, draws opposition in water court

by Brent Gardner-Smith October 11, 2015February 19, 2021

Repairs have been made to Grizzly Reservoir, but Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Co. is facing questions in water court about its historic diversions under Independence Pass.

Posted inTransmountain Diversions, Water

Transmountain diversion framework endorsed by water planners

by Brent Gardner-Smith August 26, 2015February 19, 2021

The framework finds that a new project should not increase the likelihood of a call from California for more water under the Colorado Compact, or preclude future growth on the West Slope, among other principles.

Posted inTransmountain Diversions, Water

Transmountain diversion concepts discussed in Rifle

by Brent Gardner-Smith July 25, 2015February 19, 2021

State and local officials met in Rifle to discuss a “conceptual framework” that could shape the terms under which more water could be moved from the West Slope to the Front Range.

Posted inTransmountain Diversions, Water

Water committee endorses revised transmountain diversion document

by Brent Gardner-Smith July 13, 2015February 19, 2021

More context has been added to “the seven points,” or the “draft conceptual framework,” on how to negotiate a future potential transmountain diversion in Colorado.

Posted inTransmountain Diversions, Water

The South Platte basin calls for more Western Slope water

by Brent Gardner-Smith July 8, 2015February 19, 2021

At the core of the South Platte plan are potential new transmountain diversion or pumpback projects on the Green, Gunnison, Yampa, Colorado, Blue and Eagle rivers.

Posted inTransmountain Diversions, Water

Justice scolds Aurora over diverted Fryingpan River water use

by Brent Gardner-Smith June 10, 2015February 19, 2021

Pitkin County and Aurora disagree on how a transmountain water right should be calculated, and a judge, steeped in water law, questioned how Aurora managed its water right.

Posted inTransmountain Diversions, Water

Potential new transmountain diversion gets a boost at statewide summit

by Brent Gardner-Smith March 21, 2015February 19, 2021

Some 300 members of the state’s river basin roundtables came to near unanimous consensus on March 12 regarding a “draft conceptual framework” to guide discussions of a potential new transmountain diversion in Colorado.

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