Arkansas Valley
December 28, 2009--Irrigation regulations draw protests across valley (Pueblo Chieftain)
Irrigators from one end of the Arkansas Valley to the other have lined up to intervene in a Water Court case over compact compliance rules proposed by State Engineer Dick Wolfe. A four-week trial for the rules is scheduled to begin Nov. 16 and, if approved by Chief District Judge Dennis Maes, the Division 2 Water Court judge, they would become effective on Jan. 1, 2011.
November 16, 2009--Reliability for generations to come (Pueblo Chieftain)
A conversation last week with the Bureau of Reclamation yielded positive results for the Arkansas Valley. “I think they are starting to understand the significance of what we are trying to do, and listening to the Secretary of Interior,” Jim Broderick, director of the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District told the board Thursday.
October 1, 2009--Salazar, Markey, Bennet secure cash to clean up water wells (Colorado Independent)
As if we didn’t already know this, here’s this civics lesson again: it does matter what committee appointments your representatives snag.
September 23, 2009--State stresses flexibility of new ag rules (Pueblo Chieftain)
Farmers in the Arkansas Valley would have several ways to comply with
new agricultural rules for surface irrigation the state is planning to
file in Division 2 Water Court next week. “We’re not trying to
penalize one farmer over another,” State Engineer Dick Wolfe explained
to a committee looking at the rules Monday.
September 10, 2009--Electricity demands tap water resources (Pueblo Chieftain)
A growing population in the Arkansas Valley will require more
electricity, meaning the need for more water diverted from other uses. “One
of the trends we’re starting to see in the West and Colorado is a lot
of ag-to-industry transfers,” Stacy Tellinghuisen of Western Resource
Advocates told the Arkansas Basin Roundtable Wednesday.
August 11, 2009--Rural water systems struggle to survive (Pueblo Chieftain)
While the state’s attention has, for years, been focused on providing water for future residents in metropolitan areas, the needs of rural communities are reaching critical proportions.
August 9, 2009--State introducing bugs to fight weeds in Arkansas Valley (Pueblo Chieftain)
The state is releasing bugs in the valley to knock back tamarisk, leafy spurge and bindweed as the summer growing season moves ahead.
August 1, 2009--Water board OKs Columbine sale (Pueblo Chieftain)
The Pueblo Board of Water Works on Friday approved the final contract for the sale of the Columbine Ditch to Aurora. Aurora will pay the Pueblo water board $30.48 million for the ditch, located on Fremont Pass 13 miles north of Leadville. The water board will use the money from the sale as part of a $60 million package to buy 5,200 Bessemer Ditch shares, about one-fourth of the total.
July 14, 2009--Aurora, Climax ready for ditch buy (Pueblo Chieftain)
Aurora and the Climax molybdenum mine are planning to jointly purchase the Columbine Ditch on Fremont Pass north of Leadville from the Pueblo Board of Water Works.
June 23, 2009--State grapples with water strategies (Pueblo Chieftain)
Colorado is moving closer to seeing the impact of a “gap” in municipal water supplies.
- Agriculture
- Arizona
- Arkansas River
- Arkansas Valley
- California
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- Colorado River
- Colorado Water Conservation Board
- Drought
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- Gunnison River
- Interbasin Compact Committee
- Irrigation
- Municipal Water
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- Oil Shale
- Population Growth
- Press Clippings
- South Platte
- Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District
- Statewide Water Supply Initiative
- Super Ditch
- Water Conservation
- Water Rights
- Water Supply
- Wyoming
- Yampa River
