Coalbed Methane
February 3, 2010--Residents question well rules (Durango Herald)
When it comes to questions about water and gas wells, the answers are clear as mud. State water officials were at Bayfield High School on Tuesday evening to provide information about a water case decided last year by the state Supreme Court and related to recently passed legislation.
January 10, 2010--Water: Gas companies helped create a map of nontributary water (Durango Herald)
Most coalbed methane wells in Southwest Colorado do not deplete area rivers, a state regulator has decreed. But ranchers say the decision gives away water to gas companies at the expense of senior water rights owners. State Engineer Dick Wolfe finished new rules for area coalbed methane wells Dec. 30.
April 20, 2009--Colorado court: Coal bed methane producers need water permits (Environmental News Service)
The Colorado Supreme Court today ruled that coal bed methane producers must adhere to the same water rules and regulations as other state water users. Today's ruling in Vance v.
