Southern Ute Indian Tribe
January 31, 2010--Gas groups start filing for water rights (Durango Herald)
It may be brackish and thousands of feet underground, but in Colorado, every drop of water counts. That's why gas companies are filing applications for rights to water that comes out of their wells during the process of producing natural gas.
A Matter of 10,000 Acre-Feet
As many are aware, the Animas-La Plata (A-LP) project, which was authorized in 1968 through the Colorado River Basin Storage Project Act at 191,200 acre-feet (AF) of depletion[1], was reduced to 57,100 AF in 2000 as part as part of the Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act.
- A-LP Water Conservancy District
- Animas-La Plata Project
- Colorado Water Conservation Board
- La Plata Water Conservation District
- Lake Nighthorse
- Navajo Nation
- San Juan Water Commission
- Southern Ute Indian Tribe
- State of Colorado
- Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe.
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- Winter 2009
November 19, 2009--Dryside residents hear options for drinking water (Durango Herald)
The foundation has been laid to provide drinking water to the dry western side of La Plata County, but the building blocks needed to complete the system are many, varied and expensive. A couple of dozen skeptical Dryside residents heard the assessment Tuesday evening from La Plata West Water Authority board members Roy Horvath, Tom Brossia, Mae Morley and Kirk Peine.
September 24, 2009--Water district gets $400,000 grant (Durango Herald)
The Colorado Water
Conservation Board has granted $400,000 to further the creation of a
long-sought drinking-water district in southeast La Plata County.
"We should have a preliminary draft of a master plan by December," Dick
Lunsford, president of the La Plata Archuleta Water Dis
La Plata West Water Authority Completes Intake Structure
Behind the scenes of the ALP, the La Plata West Water Authority (LPWWA) was working to complete an intake structure that would be the first phase of the ‘backbone’ of their project to provide a domestic water system in southwestern La Plata County. The intake structure had to be complete before Lake Nighthorse fills.
January 22, 2009--Bayfield asks S. Utes for patience (Durango Herald)
The town of Bayfield on Wednesday responded in writing to a complaint the Southern Ute Indian Tribe made in regard to the town's Gem Village wastewater treatment plant releasing unacceptable levels of poll
January 14, 2009--Tribe seeks state's help with sewage (Durango Herald)
The Southern Ute Indian Tribe, unsatisfied with interim measures to deal with the continued pollution of its water supply by the town of Bayfield, has asked the state to immediately halt the release of eff
May 22, 2008--Snowpack helps reservoirs (Durango Herald)
Overall, the snowpack in the Animas, San Juan, Dolores and San Miguel basins stood at 93 percent of average Wednesday, said Mike Gillespie with the National Resources Conservation Service in Denver. It's been melting out pretty quickly down there. We've lost more than one-half of the maximum pack reached in mid-April, which was the equivalent of 28 inches of water," Gillespie said.
February 2, 2008--Pine River water agreement would help support aquatic life (Durango Herald)
Irrigators, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the state have struck a deal to protect aquatic life on the Pine River.
December 23, 2007--Southern Ute Indian Tribe's influence behind moratorium (Durango Herald)
Bayfield had violated its sewage discharge permit limits before. But the sewage hit the lagoon, so to speak, when the Southern Ute Indian Tribe stepped in. Complaining that Bayfield's sewage was polluting the Pine River and threatening its drinking water, the tribe asked the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in a letter dated Feb.
