Issues

Is prior appropriation up to the task of divvying up the state’s water in an era of increasingly frequent and severe drought conditions?

Grand County officials are searching for ways to prevent harmful algae blooms and weed growth in Grand Lake.

Douglas County Commissioners will travel to Colorado’s San Luis Valley to hear public opinions on exporting farm water to the Front Range.

Seven municipal water providers in the West create a five-point plan to conserve water, but some say it's not enough.

Local groups are keeping a close eye on a marble-mining company that violated the Clean Water Act with a Yule Creek diversion.

A trial underway in San Francisco could spell the beginning of the end of water fluoridation in America, potentially affecting drinking water for hundreds of millions of people.

Communities along the Colorado River are facing a new era of drought and water shortages that is threatening their future. With an official water emergency declaration now possible, farmers, ranchers, and towns are searching for ways to use less water and survive.

Colorado’s water forecast, already strained by back-to-back drought years, is unlikely to brighten this fall and winter.

A prototype web tool uses historical data to give river users and water managers the ability to check an entire season’s flow forecast.

With a free app, volunteers gather crucial data on what type of precipitation is falling