Satellite data shows groundwater has dropped faster across the Colorado River Basin than reservoir levels at Lake Powell and Lake Mead
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How to buy a San Luis Valley reservoir
A local water district, a federal land agency, a state wildlife group and a national environmental nonprofit partnered on a creative water deal with multiple benefits for the valley
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Colorado River managers looking to release less water from Lake Powell
Another significantly dry year combined with a 7 million acre-foot release could drop the reservoir below the point at which the dam can no longer generate hydropower
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New plan for Lake Mead and Lake Powell could lead to federal action on Colorado River
The public has until Dec. 20 to weigh in on three options that seek to keep Lake Mead and Lake Powell from dropping to critically low levels
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Invasive zebra mussels have “infested” a Colorado lake for the first time, raising fears they could spread
Colorado Parks and Wildlife plans to inspect every boat using Highline Lake near Loma when it reopens for the season next spring
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Colorado, Western states propose management deal over beleaguered Rio Grande
Details have not been released, but federal government and irrigation districts that depend on Rio Grande are objecting to states’ deal
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Northern Water board lowers initial Colorado-Big Thompson quota for first time since 2010
Responding to the drier conditions in the Colorado River Basin, the board is taking what one member described as a “wait and see” approach
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Castle Pines addresses sewage spills after negotiations with Parker Water failed
State health department warns Douglas County community that it must fix its system or face enforcement.
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How two big Denver suburbs are approaching the reality that they’re running out of water
Fast-growing Castle Rock starts with a turf ban, while Arvada doubles connection fees. Water prices are now part of the affordable housing equation.
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50,000 southeast Colorado residents will finally get clean drinking water thanks to federal infrastructure funding
A decades-old pipeline project in the Arkansas Valley region will receive $60 million to finish construction by 2029