Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District
February 20, 2010--Water construction funds safe, for now (Pueblo Chieftain)
The state’s water construction funds have been a model of self-reliance, allowing the Colorado Water Conservation Board to operate without taking a dollar from the state’s general fund.
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.
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 26, 2009--Arkansas River flows drop as winter storage starts (Pueblo West View)
Flows in the Arkansas River below Pueblo Dam dropped dramatically this week as winter water storage went into effect. Flows from the dam were cut from about 350 cubic feet per second last week to 70 cfs on Sunday, as irrigators began a program that allows them to store winter flows for use later in the year.
November 14, 2009--SE water district wants to monitor ag rules case (Pueblo Chieftain)
The Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District voted Thursday to keep track of state rules regarding consumptive use changes from surface irrigation improve- ments. The district will enter the case as an opposer, not to stop the rules, but to make sure water under its supervision is used correctly. Under the rules, filed in Division 2 water court on Sept.
November 13, 2009--Caution urged on water transfer bill (Pueblo Chieftain)
Proposed legislation to encourage mitigation in water transfers might backfire and hurt current state efforts to encourage cooperation, a water board member warned. “We already have a bureaucratic effort to achieve the same goal,” said Harold Miskel, vice-president of the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District.
September 18, 2009--Cities taking more water imports since drought (Pueblo Chieftain)
The shift of water imported into the Arkansas River basin under the
Fryingpan-Arkansas Project is moving more toward municipal use as
cities claim their full share. The Southeastern Colorado Water
Conservancy District board reviewed trends in allocations in a workshop
Thursday following one of the rockiest years it has seen in estimating
availability of water.
August 30, 2009--Officials want Ark River salinity study done upstream (Pueblo Chieftain)
The Arkansas River is a sick patient by the time it leaves Colorado. As
the water gets used and reused, the salinity increases to undrinkable
levels from the time snows melt above Leadville until it reaches the
Kansas state line. But it turns out people have been looking at the symptoms, not the source, of the disease.
August 29, 2009--SE district looks for ways to fill it up (Pueblo Chieftain)
The Fryingpan-Arkansas Project was designed to bring much more water
into the Arkansas River basin, so it’s time to find out if, and how,
that could happen. “There
is a 14,400-acre-foot gap,” Executive Director Jim Broderick told the
Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District board last week.
August 13, 2009--Utilities mum on reservoir offer that would bring $12 million donation for USOC (Colorado Springs Gazette)
In June, Colorado Springs Utilities officials were lukewarm to an offer from local developers Mark and Jim Morley to buy land for a reservoir in Pueblo County.
