Uranium cleanup in Moab
After more than a decade of work, a federal cleanup project along the Colorado River in Utah is still removing radioactive uranium tailings that could pose a threat to...
Tri-State, Xcel, Colorado eye Yampa River water for “green hydrogen” projects
The Yampa Valley’s existing coal-fired plants have strong water portfolios that could be used to create green hydrogen or another storage technology called molten salt.
Colorado AG, top water quality regulator vow to challenge new Clean Water Act rule
Though many agricultural interests and water utilities support the new Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, as it is known, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Patrick Pfaltzgraff, director of the state’s Water Quality Control Division, said they will take legal action to protect streams that are no longer subject to federal oversight.
Photos and videos: Hanging Flume and Dolores River
This page features photos and drone videos of the Hanging Flume above the Dolores River in southwest Colorado.
Built from around 1888 to 1891 (sources vary), the flume transported...
Pitkin County groups concerned about marble quarry’s impacts on waterways
Local groups are keeping a close eye on a marble-mining company that violated the Clean Water Act with a Yule Creek diversion.
The delicate dance of Dillon Reservoir during spring runoff
Managing how water moves from one side of the Continental Divide to the other requires cautious timing and accurate forecasting.
Colorado mitigation “bank” to offset wetland damage, meet Clean Water Act rules
A developer who disrupts wetlands or streams can offset that impact by buying credits generated from floodplain and ecosystem restoration.
West Slope water managers ask: What authority do the feds have?
Some Colorado water managers are asking what authority the federal government has in the upper basin and which water projects could be at risk.
Dwindling water supply, legal questions push Colorado River into ‘wildly uncharted territory’
Time is ticking for states that share the shrinking Colorado River to negotiate a new set of governing rules. One major sticking point, which has the potential to thrust...
Mobile-home residents stuck in a regulatory roundabout
It's unclear whether a new law could improve water quality in the Eagle River Village park, but legislators want to pressure owners to do more.