West Slope
March 14, 2010--Research: Water imports no shield against drought (Pueblo Chieftain)
Simply bringing water from the Colorado River to the Arkansas River basin in Colorado does not improve protection against drought. The surprising finding was shared last week at the Arkansas Basin Roundtable by climate researchers from Western Water Assessment, a hybrid agency that combines Nation Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and University of Colorado resources.
March 10, 2010--West Slope questions Denver Water plan (Summit Citizens)
Local officials said Tuesday that a draft environmental study for a major Denver Water project is incomplete and doesn’t accurately reflect potential impacts in Summit County. At issue is Denver Water’s plan to expand its Moffat Collection system in Grand County.
February 18, 2010--Denver Water extends Moffat EIS comment period (Sky-Hi Daily News)
Denver Water has allowed more time for public input on a project that would take more water from Summit and Grand counties in future years. The proposed Moffat Project would expand Gross Reservoir near Boulder by as much as 72,000 acre-feet. One acre-foot is equal to 325,851 gallons of water and supplies about two single-family households for a year.
January 31, 2010--Water and growth: Big get bigger (Pueblo Chieftain)
A study by Summit Economics, working in conjunction with Tucker Hart Adams’ group, was commissioned by the Front Range Water Council to explain the relationship of water to the Colorado Economy. The council is made up of the state’s largest water providers, who are also importing most of the water from the Western Slope.
January 17, 2010--Should state study drying up cities? (Pueblo Chieftain)
Gunnison Basin water users are bristling at suggestions made last summer to the Interbasin Compact Committee, saying their concerns about economy and environment are equal to Front Range alarm at potential changes in the “urban landscape.” The Gunnison Basin Roundtable responded this month to letters from the Arkansas Basin Roundtable and the Front Range Water Council in July asking
January 12, 2010--Longtime Denver Water chief Chips Berry to retire (Denver Post)
Longtime Denver Water manager Chips Barry announced Monday that he will retire this spring — and board members are mobilizing to hunt for a successor. Barry said he plans to spend more time on his farm in Hawaii, where he produces macadamia nuts, coffee and honey. Running Denver Water "is a big, public, visible, high-power job.
January 9, 2010--Bill would offset future water grabs (Grand Junction Sentinel)
A proposal to lessen the effects of water diversions around the state could create a big splash when the Colorado Legislature meets for the 2010 session, which starts next week.
December 21, 2009--Plumbing the Rockies: Some of the dreams from a century ago realized (Pueblo Chieftain)
This is an extensive, well-written, aricle related to a century of Colorado water projects--in particular, transmountain diversions. It is too extensive to summarize here, however. To view the full article, visit the Pueblo Chieftain.
December 21, 2009--As water use falls in Front Range, it explodes elsewhere in Colorado (Denver Post)
Colorado Front Range residents are using less water, but some parts of the Western Slope have seen per capita water use explode in the past decade, according to a new state study. The number of gallons per person used daily in Denver and other South Platte River basin cities decreased 13.6 percent between 2000 and 2008, to 178 gallons from 206 gallons.
December 9, 2009--Environmentalists oppose Denver project to divert more water from Western Slope (Denver Post)
Denver has hit turbulence in its biggest water-supply project since the 1960s — a $225 million effort to prevent future shortages.
