Tag: Water
PARCHED: Farms could help solve Colorado’s water shortage. So why aren’t...
Colorado’s looming water shortage would be easier to quench if farmers and ranchers were willing to part, if only temporarily, with some of their supplies.
But...
Listen up! Indy Weekly Podcast, Episode 6: Will Colorado run out...
Colorado's population is expected to grow from about 5.5 million in 2016 to as many as 10 million people by 2050. Unless we start...
PARCHED: Why Colorado could use a big drought.
There’s nothing like a drought to turn everyone’s attention to water conservation.
Colorado’s last major drought was from 2001 to 2002. It wasn’t the length...
Hell and High Water: Unexpected troubles along Colorado’s South Platte River
In places along the South Platte River, people are suffering from too much water. Basements are flooding, sewage systems are being damaged, and the...
Little ditch, big deal: How an off-grid couple won their fight...
This story originally appeared on H2O Radio.
Living off the grid in Colorado's vast San Luis Valley, Chuck and Barbara Tidd needed to find a...
H20 Radio: Colorado Water Providers React to New EPA Health Advisory...
The Environmental Protection Agency has issued new stricter guidelines for two perfluorinated chemicals: PFOA and PFOS. The agency said the new limits were to...
After years of drought and overuse, the San Luis Valley aquifer...
This story first appeared in High Country News.
The San Luis Valley in southern Colorado is an 8,000-square-mile expanse of farmland speckled with potato, alfalfa,...
Statehouse water wars pit ag against former Gov. Bill Owens
Eastern Plains farmers, ranchers and homeowners will go to the mat to protect their water rights. Last week at the state Capitol, some of...
Thousands of fish die in Colorado, amid flood recovery projects
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials now confirm that more than 5,600 fish, mostly rainbow and brown trout, died in the Big Thompson and its North Fork, and are blaming concrete from a bridge reconstruction project, part of the state’s massive recovery and reconstruction effort following the devastating September 2013 floods.
A South Platte River water storage win at the Capitol
The first step to building a reservoir or dam to capture millions of gallons of water flowing down the South Platte River won unanimous...