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The rehabilitation of Grizzly Dam addresses safety concerns of corroded steel, seepage and operational problems.

A study in 2016 showed that lawns are the largest irrigated crop in America.

Rather than raising everyone’s water prices, we propose a customized approach that lets individual consumers decide whether to pay higher prices.

Colorado's legislature has authorized a study of the state's anti-speculation laws

Colorado officials have drafted a bill aimed at addressing a tension between stream restoration projects and water rights holders.

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.

The variability in pollution laws nationwide may be caused by the EPA not requiring state enforcement.

Colorado enacted five major pieces of water legislation, including providing more water for environmental flows and studying how to limit water speculation.

Farmers and ranchers in Colorado have submitted proposals to help restore the Colorado River, but the impacts remain uncertain.

Part of a series by Aspen Journalism, KUNC, KJZZ and The Nevada Independent exploring how investors are banking on the West’s water scarcity.