Alchemy on the Fraser River
Architects of an pact governing Denver's increased diversions from rivers in Grand County say less can be more through a program called Learning by Doing. Continue reading → The post Alchemy on the...
View ArticleWater-efficient fixtures could become mandatory in Colorado
Denver Water, the primary proponent of the efficiency legislation, estimates that broad adoption of the water-efficient toilets, urinals, shower heads, and faucets will produce 40,000 acre-feet of...
View ArticleCreating a new water normal in mountain towns
Breckenridge is among Colorado's mountain towns looking to take measures to encourage more efficient use of water for outdoor lawn irrigation. “We have to walk the talk,” says Tim Gagen, the town...
View ArticleLetting water flow down the Yampa to Lake Powell
irrigation at Colorado's Carpenter Ranch along the Yampa River was suspended this year July 1, part of a pilot program in the Colorado River Basin intended to create greater flexibility in water in...
View ArticleWater buffaloes in Denver and the West
Water Buffaloes in Colorado and the West once thought monolithic and linear, says Denver Water's Jim Lochhhead, and then a new world that they didn't understand arrived. Continue reading → The post...
View ArticleDenver’s aquifers city’s next reservoir?
Denver continues to explore its subterranean aquifers to see if they can be used for storage as Colorado's largest municipal water provide faces the uncertainties posed by climate change and population...
View ArticleAn alchemy of water in the Colorado River headwaters
Learning to do more with less water in the Colorado River headwaters by Allen Best GRAND COUNTY – A decade ago, Kirk Klancke had hard, cold feelings about Denver Water. A stonemason for 35 years who...
View ArticleWhat to expect in our mountain forests as the climate warms
Warming temperatures have already made Rocky Mountain forests more vulnerable to disturbances, but the changes have only begun. Continue reading → The post What to expect in our mountain forests as the...
View ArticleRemembering when all of Colorado seemed to be on fire
Fifteen years ago, three major forest fires were roaring in Colorado, making even city streets feel like a dystopian sci-fi movie. What did we learn from those fires? Continue reading → The post...
View ArticleThe day that Breckenridge got lucky
Breckenridge was full of people the day last summer that fire erupted in the nearby Tenmile Range. "It was scary. It was so close," says one local resident. Continue reading → The post The day that...
View ArticleThe new push for recycling and reusing water in Colorado
Water reuse was a strong theme at the Water int he West Symposium, a sort-of coming out conferences for the new partnership between Denver Water and Colorado State University. The two institutions plan...
View ArticleHow Colorado’s water conversation has shifted in the 21st century
The water conversation in Colorado has had a giant pivot in the last few decades, as was evident in at the annual conference of the Colorado Water Congress in late January.
View ArticleCloser but no cigar for Denver Water
Denver moves closer to permits it needs for expansion of reservoir in foothills of Rockies. In Fraser, at least one resident sees one diversion too many
View ArticleTelling the story of what was lost as a result of our thirsty Colorado cities
Headwaters River Journey in Winter Park graphically explains Colorado's tangled interplay between growing Front Range cities and its Western Slope headwaters.
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