Division 6 Water Judge Michael A O’Hara III, in a Dec. 23 order, determined that Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District has not provided enough evidence that its current existing water rights won’t meet demands in the categories of municipal, irrigation, domestic, in-reservoir piscatorial, commercial and augmentation for Yellow Jacket Water Conservancy District.
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Reporting on water and rivers in the Roaring Fork and upper Colorado river basins.
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Tinkering with a pollutant, Colorado ranch seeks to improve fish habitat
Proposal on the Blue River would grow food for undernourished fish using phosphorus, which can cause toxic algae blooms
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Depositions delve into state engineers’ questions on proposed White River reservoir
The documents, obtained through a Colorado Open Records Act request, also underscore the extent to which fear of a compact call is shaping this proposed dam and reservoir project between Meeker and Rangely.
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Local groups want mitigation, public hearing on marble quarry water issue
They also say the company, which was found to have violated the Clean Water Act for moving the section of Yule Creek without first applying for a permit, should undertake river restoration projects elsewhere in the Crystal River basin as compensatory mitigation for damage the company caused when it moved the waterway to construct a road to better access its marble quarry.
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Colorado River District lays out framework for new taxpayer-funded grant program
According to the framework, project proponents should get buy-in from local governments in the form of a letter of support from the board of county commissioners in the county in which the project is located.
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Program expanding to map Colorado mountain snowpack
A geographically expanded program with consistent funding would revolutionize water management in Colorado, according to the grant application.
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Gunnison River, with elevated selenium levels, faces review for reclassification
A collaborative effort among federal, state and local officials is critical to reducing the chemical toxic to endangered fish.
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Vail Resorts’ cancellation of cloud seeding this winter could mean less water in streams
“While this is bad news for skiers, it also means a challenge for western water managers who count on cloud seeding to increase water supplies by increasing snowfall in the mountainous headwaters of the Colorado River and its tributaries.”
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State water board approves second phase of investigation into demand-management program
Step II does not include a large-scale pilot program, but it leaves the door open to develop one in the future, potentially in collaboration with other upper-basin states.
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Glenwood Springs gets $8 million loan for water-system upgrades following Grizzly Creek Fire
The loan will allow Glenwood Springs, which takes most of its municipal water supply from No Name and Grizzly creeks, to reduce the elevated sediment load in the water supply taken from the creeks as a result of the fire.