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.
Pitkin County agrees to fund ditch piping project
The Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners has approved funding toward a ditch piping project to keep more water in Hunter Creek.
A Colorado River veteran moves upstream and plunges into the drought-stressed river’s mounting woes
Chuck Cullom discusses the Upper Basin's five-point plan, water cut-offs and who IS responsible for water losses.
Race is on for Colorado River basin states to conserve before feds take action
Seven states in the West have been given until August 15th to implement new strategies and tools to conserve the Colorado River.
California’s dream has turned into water nightmares
A new book looks at the Golden State’s history to understand its current water crisis.
Seasonal river cleanups could be a new community conservation tradition in Tucson
The Santa Cruz River may be dry but it has come alive with people who are making a seasonal river cleanup a community conservation tradition in Tucson.
Glenwood Springs gets $8 million loan for water-system upgrades following Grizzly Creek Fire
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.
State officials draft bill on stream restoration
Colorado officials have drafted a bill aimed at addressing a tension between stream restoration projects and water rights holders.
Study: Colorado’s water still affordable, but that may change as COVID-19 stresses utilities
Western states are still able to provide relatively affordable water, but that could change as utilities try to recoup losses associated with the pandemic and begin to pay for the massive repairs and upgrades to their systems that were on the drawing board before COVID-19 struck.
Colorado River Econ 101
By Kurt Repanshek, National Parks Traveler
From the high country in Rocky Mountain National Park a muddy flush of water rushes downstream, through western Colorado. It turns left, going south...