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Farmers and researchers are learning how to keep fertilizer out of pristine...
CSU and Colorado state public health teams are partnering with cattle operations to learn how field management practices can protect mountain lakes and streams
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Denver Water backs wildfire and water protection ballot initiative
Aurora may also sign on to Proposition 308, which would increase funding for grants to protect mountain watersheds against increasingly frequent blazes
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Data center fees, special trust, sod tax could help raise $20B to protect...
Severance tax revenue from energy production has too many ups and downs to stand alone as a reliable source to pay for infrastructure and access to water, new task force report finds
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$30M will be spent to clear the water at scenic Grand Lake
The Three Lakes CLEAR Fund arrives after 18 years of painful trial and error to keep the natural wonder clear and cool while delivering water to Northern Colorado
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Colorado mountain towns must tighten taps, but water shortages could have...
Western Slope growers cut their own water use and that, plus careful planning before the drought really showed itself, is lessening the pain
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New homes and businesses in Denver will see major surge in water connection fees
The increases take effect July 1, and come as Colorado cities wrestle with the expense of new reservoirs and high housing costs
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Colorado’s race to cut water use off to a slow start
Water savings are meager, even after cities across the state pleaded with customers to cut their use.
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Colorado nonprofit offers to buy water for fish, a deal that could help farms...
Selling water in a dry year may make better financial sense for Colorado farms and ranches than growing crops and feed
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Drought-stressed Colorado communities getting $40M infusion in state water...
The Colorado Water Conservation Board is funneling $40 million to dozens of water projects statewide as communities grapple with a drought emergency that is making saving water more important than...
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Though water is scarce right now, its price in parts of Colorado has dropped
Despite the scarcity of water this year, water prices in Colorado have dropped in major markets, such as the northern Front Range, as construction of new homes flatlines and infertility and aging slow...
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Even if Coloradans slash their water use, their bills will likely rise during...
Colorado homeowners and businesses are already planning for a brutally dry summer. They should also be planning for an expensive one, as Denver and other cities prepare to impose drought fees to...
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One year after landmark $100M settlement, work to protect the Poudre River is...
More than a year after a landmark $100 million environmental settlement designed to improve the Poudre River was OK’d, little progress has been made to put the agreement into action. The settlement,...
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With no end in sight to dry days and high wildfire risk, Colorado eyes a task...
Colorado has begun planning for a multiagency drought task force to help cope with what most experts fear will be a summer seriously low on water and high on wildfire risk. The task force will include...
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Aurora selects final site for its largest reservoir yet in Park County. Will...
As Colorado faces a major snow drought, Aurora said it has selected a site for a large new reservoir in Park County. The Wild Horse Reservoir would be located southwest of Spinney Mountain Reservoir...
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Report: Colorado needs additional $50M annually for water projects, and...
Colorado faces a $50 million annual cash shortage for water projects and will need to consider other options such as new taxes to fill the gap, a state task force said in a new report this week. The...
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Arkansas Valley pipeline has about 3 years of cash left to keep building,...
Water officials and Colorado’s congressional representatives are scrambling to find an affordable path forward for communities in the Lower Arkansas Valley who had hoped the federal government would...
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A private water company is leading a $150 million rush for northern Colorado...
A private development company is investing $150 million in an ambitious plan to harvest groundwater beneath sprawling northern Colorado ranches to serve fast-growing towns along the Interstate 25...
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Critical Arkansas Valley water pipeline gets federal bipartisan boost, awaits...
A long-awaited measure that will help offset the cost of building the $1.69 billion Arkansas Valley Conduit in southeastern Colorado has been approved by the U.S. House and Senate and is headed to...
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Colorado water regulators approve historic stream, wetlands protections
Colorado water regulators late Wednesday approved an extensive set of rules designed to protect thousands of miles of streams and vast wetlands, stepping up as one of the first states in the nation to...
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First-of-a-kind rules to protect Colorado streams, wetlands face final hearing
Draft rules designed to implement a landmark bipartisan law to protect thousands of miles of streams and vast wetlands have triggered an angry dispute among environmental groups, state health...
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