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.
Chatfield Reservoir’s $171M redo complete, with new storage for Front Range cities, farmers
Chatfield Reservoir, one of the largest liquid playgrounds in the Denver metro area, will now store water under a $171 million deal.
The coronavirus pandemic might make buildings sick, too
With millions of people under stay-at-home orders, water is sitting in the pipes of empty office buildings and gyms, getting old and potentially dangerous.
Efforts to relocate an ancient wetland could help determine the fate of a water...
The cities of Aurora and Colorado Springs are looking to develop additional water in Eagle County and divert it to Colorado's Front Range.
The dam nobody wants just won’t go away
Dams can stop the natural flow of sand and silt to the sea—resulting in coastal wetland loss and disappearing beaches—as well as preventing fish from reaching vital spawning grounds.
Photos: Colorado River headwaters flight, October 2019
This photo gallery features images shot during a Lighthawk flight to the Colorado River headwaters and surrounding areas.
The flight began at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield, proceeded...
As wildfires grow more intense, California water managers are learning to rewrite their emergency...
Agencies share lessons learned as they recover from fires that destroyed facilities, contaminated supplies and devastated their customers
Many U.S. reservoirs could be rendered useless by sedimentation
There's a looming infrastructure crisis: America’s reservoirs are filling up with sediment.
Photos: Gross Reservoir aerials, May 2019
This photo gallery features images shot during a Lighthawk aerial photo flight over Gross Dam and Reservoir, west of Boulder.
Denver Water has proposed raising the dam by 131...
Photos: Colorado River and tributaries, April 2019
This photo gallery features images shot during a road trip along the Colorado River and two of its tributaries in Colorado: the Blue River and White River.
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