Colorado State Engineer

October 2, 2009--Engineer files ag rules (Pueblo Chieftain)

Surface irrigation rules were filed in Division 2 Water Court this week by State Engineer Dick Wolfe. “The Irrigation Improvement Rules are designed to allow improvements to the efficiency of irrigation systems in the Arkansas River Basin while ensuring compliance with the Arkansas River Compact,” Wolfe said in the court filing.


March 20, 2009--Chaffee County delays Nestle water plan (Pueblo Chieftain)

Chaffee County Commissioners delayed deciding Thursday on a proposal from Nestle to harvest natural spring water and truck it to its Denver bottling plant. Nestle Waters of North America Inc.

January 2, 2009--Panel sought to help develop water rules for SLV (Pueblo Chieftain)

The state engineer issued a formal order Wednesday, addressing the makeup of a groundwater rules advisory committee for the San Luis Valley that could include as many as 40 members.

December 15, 2008--Aquifer panel planned (Pueblo Chieftain)

The state engineer's office plans to form an advisory committee to help draft rules governing groundwater withdrawals from the San Luis Valley's shallow aquifer.


October 9, 2008--Mike Sullivan named deputy state engineer (Alamosa Valley Courier)

Rio Grande Basin Division Engineer Michael Sullivan this month moves into the second-in-command position with the Colorado Division of Water Resources.


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