Northern Water says river levels still too high to quantify full damage to project meant to restore fish and wildlife.
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Northern Water secures key federal permit for dam complex around Fort Collins
The $2 billion NISP reservoir and pipeline network is much closer to reality after the Army Corps of Engineers gives go-ahead.
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Gross Dam opposition gets new legal life in fight against massive Boulder County reservoir expansion
Appeals Court clears environmental coalition to challenge permits as county commissioners tell federal authorities who OK’d the project that construction is ruining neighbors’ lives
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A shrinking county on the Western Slope wants to grow with the help of a new dam. Some say “No, thanks.”
Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District hopes to build an off-channel dam at Wolf Creek and pump river water north to fill it. A nearby landowner and river groups say it’s the wrong idea at the worst time.
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Colorado fines Boulder County gold mine $17,000 for water quality violations
The state Mined Land Reclamation Board imposed a $17,000 fine on owners of the Cross and Caribou mines for water quality violations, but suspended all but $5,000 of the penalty as long as Grand Island Resources continues “good faith” efforts to install containment and cleanup equipment. The state agency’s staff largely endorsed the mining company’s […]
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Environmental groups appeal court decision that would pave way for Denver Water to raise Gross Reservoir Dam
While a decades-long battle over one major dam and river diversion in northern Colorado appeared to end last week, environmental groups signaled another fight will go on longer as they filed an appeal meant to undermine Denver Water’s Gross Dam expansion. The environmental coalition Monday asked the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to review a […]
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Controversial Chimney Hollow Dam project near Loveland moving forward after $15 million settlement
A complex Front Range dam-building project that includes transferring water from the Colorado River will move forward this summer after Northern Water agreed to a settlement putting $15 million in trust for waterway improvements in Grand County. Environmental opponents begrudgingly accepted the mediated settlement of their lawsuit against Northern Water’s Windy Gap Firming Project, which […]