Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser sent a letter to county commissioners in northeastern Colorado earlier this week pledging to defend their rights if Nebraska tries to condemn land for the proposed Perkins County Canal Project.
The state has spent $389 million in the past two years on programs designed to help Colorado stave off future projected water shortages even as it continues to grow.
Colorado has spent $389M to fund its far-reaching water plans in the past two years Read More »
Farm communities on the Eastern Plains, under the gun to deliver water to Kansas and Nebraska, are poised to permanently retire 17,000 acres of land, with the help of $30 million in state and federal funding.
Kansas looks on as farms retire thousands of acres in water-short Northeastern Colorado Read More »
Fountain residents might see major increases to their water bills in the coming five years, in an effort by the city to stabilize its utilities finances.
In Fountain, residents could see substantial water bill increase annually for five years Read More »
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) announced it will be temporarily suspending water testing at the State Laboratory after an investigation revealed a second chemist manipulated water quality control data.
As he prepares to begin his first term in the U.S. House of Representatives, on priority for U.S. Rep.-elect Jeff Hurd will undoubtedly be protection of water in Western Colorado, via the Colorado River.
It’s lower basin states versus the upper basin in fight over Colorado River water Read More »
A new statewide survey shows that 23 Colorado cities have aging lead water delivery pipes, roughly 20,000 of them, that could potentially taint drinking water.
Tribal nations, Arizona and over 30 other stakeholders have just days to get a historic water rights settlement through Congress, and they’ll have to get past pushback from Upper Basin states, including Colorado, to do it.
In race to push a landmark water bill through Congress, Colorado is one state in the way Read More »
Since Dwight Eisenhower was president, tiny Middle Park Water Conservancy District has hoarded a precious gem: 20,000 acre-feet of water rights on Troublesome Creek, near Kremmling, and the authority to build a dam for it.
Did Middle Park sell $1 billion of water for 10 bucks? Read More »
To reduce the amount of fresh water used in oil-and-gas drilling, operators must ensure a certain percentage of water they are using in extraction is reused or recycled under a plan set to be released in the next week by a legislatively created advisory group.
New rules would limit use of fresh water in oil-and-gas operations Read More »
