Aspen Journalism

A judge has granted a water conservancy district in northwest Colorado a water right for a new dam-and-reservoir project that top state engineers had opposed.

A water court judge has agreed with state engineers and dismissed several of a water conservancy district’s claims for water for a dam and reservoir project in northwest Colorado.

As its trial date in water court approaches, hundreds of pages of depositions obtained by Aspen Journalism reveal state engineers’ sticking points regarding a proposed reservoir project they oppose in northwest Colorado.

State water-quality officials will soon evaluate whether two water-improvement programs in the Gunnison River basin have successfully reduced a chemical that is toxic to endangered fish.

Glenwood Springs received approval for a loan of up to $8 million from the state to upgrade its water system to deal with the impacts from the Grizzly Creek Fire.

Front Range water providers hope to expand a program that uses a new technology they say will revolutionize water management in Colorado.

Due to budget shortfalls, Vail Resorts has pulled this winter’s funding for its cloud seeding program, potentially reducing the amount of water flowing down the Colorado River this spring.

Colorado's Pitkin County is grappling with higher temperatures, declining streamflows and drier soils caused by climate change.

A recent study of a Colorado demand-management program found that the benefits would be comparable to the negative secondary impacts.

Colorado officials say ponds without water rights throughout the region are depleting the Colorado River system.