Conservation

A statewide public effort to determine whether Coloradans should engage in perhaps the biggest water conservation program in state history enters its second year of study this summer, but the complex, collaborative effort on the Colorado River has a long way to go before the state and its water users can make a go/no-go decision, officials said.

Colorado water and fire officials plan a two-day confab in Grand Junction to discuss how to protect the state’s vital mountain watersheds.

Some Colorado water managers are asking what authority the federal government has in the upper basin and which water projects could be at risk.

Low levels and warming waters threaten to increase invasive species in the Colorado River.

Despite a drought and below-normal reservoir levels, communities remain split on permanent outdoor watering restrictions.

New Mexico faces tough choices as a dire and historic drought continues and the Rio Grande is unable to give everyone what they want or need.

Colorado joins three other states in approving a new rule that clears the way for drinking treated wastewater.

Brad Lancaster, author and expert on water harvesting, explains how to make the most of rainfall and greywater to stretch local supplies.

The Colorado River Water Conservation District staff plans to present its own framework for a water-savings plan at its October board meeting.

A new economic study suggests that a wide-scale water conservation program in Colorado could cost more than $120 million.