In the future, will the Front Range settle for diverting water only during wet winters?
Category: Water
Our water desk, staffed by Heather Sackett, produces the most authoritative reporting available on Roaring Fork and upper Colorado river basin water policy and politics.
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Snowpack and runoff potential looking good
Snowpack in the Roaring Fork and Colorado river basins climbs over 125 percent of normal for end of March
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Xcel: Shoshone hydro plant not for sale
“Shoshone is not for sale. Don’t plan to sell it. Nothing in the future about selling it.”
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Hydro foes tell feds city has no intent for plant development
Opponents don’t want progress, but still tell feds the city isn’t making any
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River board votes to develop Basalt whitewater park
Pitkin County’s Healthy Rivers and Streams Board is behind two easy surf waves across from Elk Run.
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City files Castle Creek hydro progress report with FERC
City tells FERC it has “undertaken numerous studies and activities … necessary … to file a permit application.”
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Glenwood’s water rights case attracts list of objectors
Over a dozen objectors have filed statements of opposition in water court.
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Hydro committee wading upriver toward possible agreement
Can the two sides, with the help of a mutually trusted expert, agree on how much water can be taken out of the creeks?
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Glenwood drops into whitewater court
The city of Glenwood Springs seeks new recreational water rights tied to play waves on the Colroado River at No Name, Horseshoe Bend and above Two Rivers Park.
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Schwartz sponsors bill challenging governor’s water plan process
SB 14-115 challenges Hickenlooper’s call for river “roundtables” and the CWCB to write the plan.