James Eklund, the head of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, says the agency has to do a better job of promoting its instream flow program
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Water districts seek study of Kendig Reservoir on West Divide Creek
West Divide Creek is a tributary of Divide Creek, which flows north into the Colorado River just upstream from Silt. The dam would be built in the channel of the stream.
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‘Split season’ approach to water use could benefit state’s rivers, including the Crystal River
A new approach allows water normally diverted for late-season irrigation to be left in the river for environmental reasons.
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Regional water efficiency plan for Roaring Fork watershed released
Measures such as leak detection and repair, public education and better management of irrigation water systems could help reduce water use.
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Colorado River roundtable prioritizes water projects
The roundtable’s projects are a part of the Colorado Water Plan, which is to be presented to the governor in December.
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Aspen water plan emphasizes a potential need for storage
The city of Aspen’s got plenty of water, and yet it’s water efficiency plans calls for plenty of storage.
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Potential new transmountain diversion gets a boost at statewide summit
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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Aspen utilities official favors new dams on local streams
Mike McDill, Aspen’s deputy utilities director, believes “a small reservoir on Castle Creek would improve the stream health on Castle Creek” and that “all of our tributaries could use that kind of small reservoir and stream-flow calming.”
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Water entities line up on either side of the Divide in state supreme court case
Should Aurora’s 22 years of “unlawful use” of water from the Fryingpan River basin shrink the size of the city’s transferable water right? Pitkin County thinks so.
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Regional water leaders discuss potential transmountain diversion
A “draft conceptual agreement” about a potential new transmountain diversion that would move more water from the Western Slope to the booming Front Range is renamed a “conceptual framework for discussion.”