Issues

Colorado lawmakers have suspended an attempt to prohibit outside investors from profiting off the state’s water.

The Colorado health department is investigating a plume causing high levels of forever chemicals in the raw water supply of Adams County.

The most acute problem, experts say, is the lack of controls on groundwater pumping.

New Mexico faces tough choices as a dire and historic drought continues and the Rio Grande is unable to give everyone what they want or need.

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

Forty years after the Holy Cross Wilderness Area was created, an effort to explore tapping its water has generated more than 500 public comments.

Colorado water quality regulators’ attempt to fast-track new rules shielding streams left unprotected by changes to the Clean Water Act was abandoned earlier this month after it failed to win support from lawmakers.

The second-ever call on the Yampa River was lifted after water providers announced an Elkhead Reservoir water release to support irrigators and endangered fish.

The Global Reservoir and Dam Database (GRaND) is a survey listing about 7,000 larger dams and reservoirs worldwide, including 1,920 in the United States....

The state water board is encouraging roundtables to adopt a code of conduct, but some Western Slope roundtables are pushing back.