Category: Water

The draft Colorado Water Plan is now expected to be on the governor’s desk by Dec. 10. A final plan is due to be completed by December 2015.

“The state faces the possibility of a significant water supply shortfall within the next few decades even with aggressive conservation and new water projects.”

As it turns out, the state is not specifically requiring the city to finish its big pipeline, nor has it ever told the city the pipeline is required to safely operate the reservoir.

City water officials say the deal “is of real and meaningful benefit to the Roaring Fork.”

In its application, High Valley Farms notes that 2,000 plants require 1,000 gallons of water a day and would consume up to 1.14 acre-feet (371,470 gallons) of water a year.

The effort in 2013 and 2014 did raise the volume of water in the river, but did not lower the temperature of the water, which would have been beneficial for fish in the river.

The candidate for governor said he would seek to streamline the approval process for new water projects by asking Congress to pass a resolution exempting Colorado projects from NEPA.

But Gov. Hickenlooper does see support around the state for the idea of increasing the height of existing dams …

Rep. Gardner, who is running against Udall for Senate, called for new water storage projects to be built in Colorado.