Colorado distillers, builders and restaurateurs get water savvy this Earth Day
Earth Day offers a chance to highlight some Colorado projects and businesses that are moving the needle on water sustainability.
After Clean Water Act setback, state to ask lawmakers for new authority
State health officials will request to fast-track authority over streams left unprotected after a 2020 rollback of Clean Water Act.
Roaring Fork on its way to 100 more acre-feet of flows
Pitkin County took the final step in a years-long effort to get more water into the often water-short upper Roaring Fork River.
The water war in Indian Wells Valley
California pistachio farmers are facing off against the U.S. Navy over water rights. The outcome could shape future legal fights as climate change upends the status quo.
Drought and dry soils again will diminish Colorado’s spring runoff
Water forecasting agencies in Colorado have released their April streamflow predictions, confirming what many already knew: Drought and dry soils will diminish rivers this spring.
Denver investment fund raising $5M for water tech startups
The Denver-based Colorado River Basin Fund is raising $5 million to help promising new water technology companies bring their wares to market.
Storage and new water sources to be proposed in Aspen water plan
A consultant working for the city of Aspen is presenting both new sources and storage as part of its water future.
California weighs changes for new water rights permits in response to a warmer and...
As California’s seasons become warmer and drier, state officials are pondering whether the water rights permitting system needs revising.
Forest Service approves test drilling for Whitney Reservoir site
The U.S. Forest Service approved an application from the cities of Aurora and Colorado Springs for geotechnical drilling in the Homestake Valley, one of the first steps toward building a new dam and reservoir on Homestake Creek.
Despite blizzard, Colorado’s critical mountain snowpack shrinks
Colorado remains mired in drought, with nearly half classified as being extremely or exceptionally dry, the most dangerous categories.