Bessemer Ditch
April 24, 2008--Farmers move ahead with Super Ditch (Pueblo Chieftain)
Shareholders of six ditch companies have signed on for a “Super Ditch,” which will lease water under a rotational fallowing plan, and
April 17, 2008--Pueblo water board, metro district drop Bessemer Ditch plan (Pueblo West View)
The Pueblo Board of Water Works has dropped its bid to buy a controlling interest in the Bessemer Ditch. “There was not sufficient interest by the shareholders,” said Alan
February 12, 2008--Water board to begin Bessemer Ditch buy (Pueblo Chieftain)
The Pueblo Board of Water Works on Friday will begin a 45-day effort to line up potential sellers on the Bessemer Ditch.
January 14, 2008--Well group files on Bessemer Ditch change (Pueblo Chieftain)
A well owners' group is trying to make permanent its use of Bessemer Ditch shares to augment wells.
December 27, 2007--Framing key water issues for the future in the Arkansas Valley (Pueblo Chieftain)
The average age of the farmer keeps climbing, and fewer young people are considering careers in agriculture.
December 9, 2007--Pueblo Board of Water Works and Pueblo West trying to gain control of county's largest ditch (Pueblo Chieftain
Shareholders on the Bessemer Ditch met Saturday with representatives from the Pueblo Board of Water Works and Pueblo West to discuss details of an offer to buy shares on Pueblo County’s large
November 14, 2007--Ditch plan called `slow death' for farms (Pueblo Chieftain)
The president of the Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District says Pueblo County agriculture will die a “slow death” if the Pueblo Board of Water Works is successful in its atte
