Elk River
September 13, 2009--Deal would give city Steamboat Lake water storage rights (Steamboat Pilot)
Steamboat attorney and regional water guru Tom Sharp has proposed
a five-party water rights exchange that could prove to be a lower-cost
alternative to solving some of the region’s water priorities.If realized, one end result is that the city of Steamboat Springs
would receive as much as 2,000 acre-feet of storage rights in Steamboat
Lake to augment its 8 cubic feet per second flow in the El
August 9, 2009--Steamboat 700 water issues complicated (Steamboat Pilot)
Water has proved to be a contentious issue — as it always does in the West — between the city of Steamboat Springs and Steamboat 700.
March 15, 2009--Proposed annexation water policy could affect agricultural land (Steamboat Pilot and Today)
As the city of Steamboat Springs considers adopting a water dedication policy, some fear such a law could spawn a local water rights market and inadvertently encourage the drying up of Routt County’s
March 4, 2009--Council vote: Water rights, big box not required (Steamboat Pilot)
The Steamboat Springs City Council voted unanimously Tuesday not to require the developers of Steamboat 700 to bring water rights or large-format retail to the table as a condition of annexation.
