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Category: Water
Reporting on water and rivers in the Roaring Fork and upper Colorado river basins.
Aspen officials want more data to plan for drought, seeking $59k for more tools
Aspen would use improved streamflow data from Castle Creek to manage its municipal diversion, which is just downstream from the planned location of the new stream gauge.
CD3 candidates agree on protecting Western Slope water, reservoir enlargements
Boebert agreed and played up the urban/rural divide, saying she is against more transmountain diversions to the Front Range and is primed to fight for Western Slope water.
Dillon Reservoir water levels hold on despite statewide drought
This level of drought has been manageable this year for Denver Water partly because of the 2018-19 winter.
Concerns rise over Grizzly Creek Fire’s impact on Colorado River’s endangered fish downstream
Downstream from the Grizzly Creek Fire, beginning in DeBeque Canyon, is critical habitat for four species of endangered fish: humpback chub, Colorado pikeminnow, bonytail and razorback sucker.
State officials say Yampa water users are complying with measuring requirement
One answer is that more and better data about water use is becoming increasingly necessary as drought and climate change reduce streamflows, create water shortages and threaten Colorado’s ability to meet its Colorado River Compact obligations.
Hard-to-predict water year leaves Ruedi Reservoir levels low
This year’s unusual conditions made for tricky forecasting, leading some to question whether more and better data collection is needed, instead of relying primarily on snow telemetry, or SNOTEL, data.
Inspectors at Ruedi Reservoir are first line of defense against growing threat of invasive mussels
Last year at Ruedi, inspectors found mussels on six boats. This year, since the boat ramp’s opening June 1, inspectors have already found mussels on 13.
River District will ask voters for tax increase
At the suggestion of some agriculture-dependent counties, including Mesa County, River District General Manager Andy Mueller added language to the ballot question that says the district will not utilize the additional funds for paying to fallow irrigated agriculture.
Colorado official says demand management program holds water
Each group met multiple times over the past year and their findings, as well as their lingering questions, were included in a 200-page demand management update report presented Wednesday to CWCB directors.