Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District
January 15, 2010--Studies aim at water transfer effects (Pueblo Chieftain)
Studies are planned to look at the impacts of water transfers along the Arkansas River. A study by Paul Flack, former water resources manager for Colorado State Parks, will look at how water used in flow management programs from Lake County to John Martin Reservoir could be more effectively managed.
November 20, 2009--Lower Ark to look at ‘tipping point’ in water sales (Pueblo Chieftain)
The state is trying to find a “tipping point” where water sales from a community begin to affect Main Street businesses. The Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District Wednesday voted to help find the answer by folding the task into its existing research on the Arkansas Valley Super Ditch.
October 23, 2009--Potential storage project interests Lower Ark district (Pueblo Chieftain)
A plan to build a pair of reservoirs downstream from Lake Pueblo has drawn some interest from the Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District. “You definitely get the point in this project,” Prowers County Director Leroy Mauch said Wednesday.
October 23, 2009--Lower Arkansas Valley tests easements on water (Pueblo Chieftain)
Linking water to the land in a conservation easement has become a muddy area in Colorado. The value of the water used on farms can increase exponentially if its use is changed to municipal or industrial, creating a dilemma for assessors, headaches for property owners and trouble for conservation easement sponsors in the past.
October 2, 2009--Engineer files ag rules (Pueblo Chieftain)
Surface irrigation rules were filed in Division 2 Water Court this week by State Engineer Dick Wolfe. “The Irrigation Improvement Rules are designed to allow improvements to the efficiency of irrigation systems in the Arkansas River Basin while ensuring compliance with the Arkansas River Compact,” Wolfe said in the court filing.
September 28, 2009--Agriculture's bleak future? (Pueblo Chieftain)
The state’s ongoing study of Colorado River issues and the future water
supply for Front Range growth presents an alternative to the continued
dry-up of agriculture. If issues of how water can be shared and moved within the state are resolved. It’s
a big “if” that caused some consternation last week at the monthly
meeting of the Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District.
September 24, 2009--Lower Ark ag rule plan moves forward (Pueblo Chieftain)
A plan to help farmers comply with new state rules on surface irrigation improvements in the Arkansas Valley will move ahead.
August 20, 2009--Lower Ark looks at irrigation rules (Pueblo Chieftain)
A compliance plan to meet new surface irrigation improvement
requirements in the Arkansas Valley could cost some farmers more than
others. The Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District
Wednesday heard a report on the concept for the compliance plan from
Gregg Ten Eyck of Leonard Rice Engineers.
August 15, 2009--Gravel pit roils Fountain Creek waters (Pueblo Chieftain)
A gravel pit on Fountain Creek will pose an interesting dilemma for a newly created district charged with regulating land-use issues in the flood plain.
August 2, 2009--Project gives fish way to go up a creek (Pueblo Chieftain)
A $282,000 project will help create a fish passage on Fountain Creek at a Colorado Springs Utilities diversion that will improve habitat for two threatened fish species.
