Issues

Douglas County will not use COVID-relief funding to help finance a controversial $400 million-plus proposal to export farm water from the San Luis Valley to their fast-growing, water-short region.

As climate change brings warmer weather, Westerners are looking for ways to protect the region’s rivers and streams. In a special report for the Water Desk, Jerd Smith of Fresh Water News explains a strategy for safeguarding Colorado’s Yampa River.

Deep below Arizona sit large volumes of water that are less salty than the ocean, but not easily used. If it were all pumped to the surface and purified, this brackish groundwater would supply Arizona’s water needs for a century or more. Problem is, it can’t all be pumped.

Upper basin states seek added leverage to protect their river shares amid difficult talks with California and the lower basin

Municipal water providers saw commercial water use plummet at the beginning of the pandemic but those savings were erased once the hot summer rolled in.

With talks looming on a new operating agreement for the river, a debate has emerged over the best approach to address its challenges.

Initiative in the Rio Grande basin intends to thwart catastrophic wildfires that wreck watersheds.

Colorado voters have narrowly passed a measure that will legalize sports betting and use the taxes raised to fund projects outlined in the Colorado Water Plan.

The Fetcher Ranch, like many in Colorado, is struggling with an abandonment policy that may strip water rights from the land.

Flow targets for the environment and recreation are lacking, according to a recent report.