Denver investment fund raising $5M for water tech startups
The Denver-based Colorado River Basin Fund is raising $5 million to help promising new water technology companies bring their wares to market.
Dust beneath snow: As Colorado reservoirs drop, farmers fear the worst
Reservoirs in the South Platte Basin are full from spring snows, but the rest of the state's storage pools are dangerously low, and farmers are struggling.
Homestake hike highlights uncertainties with proposed reservoir project
A project in the Upper Eagle River watershed proposes to send water from the Colorado River basin to the fast-growing Front Range.
Photos and videos: Dolores River, September 2020
This page features drone-captured images and videos of the Dolores River in southwest Colorado.
The Dolores River begins in the San Juan Mountains and travels about 230 miles to meet...
Facing drought and increased demands, Colorado communities eye new storage alternatives
Colorado could need 750,000 acre-feet of new water supplies by 2050 for its growing population, but how to store that water isn’t clear.
Back-to-back droughts choke Western Colorado as winter forecast darkens
A repeat of dry conditions in 2021 is making Colorado’s continuing drought across swaths of the state’s Western Slope even more devastating.
Is ecosystem change in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta outpacing the ability of science to...
A science panel argues for a new approach to make research nimbler and more forward-looking to improve management in the ailing Delta.
Yes, there is good news in dark times: A water dividend for the Colorado...
The water once used to cool coal-fired power plants could soon be available for other uses, even to help fill a new drought-protection pool in Lake Powell.
Colorado distillers, builders and restaurateurs get water savvy this Earth Day
Earth Day offers a chance to highlight some Colorado projects and businesses that are moving the needle on water sustainability.
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.