Colorado State Engineer
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.
March 20, 2009--Chaffee County delays Nestle water plan (Pueblo Chieftain)
Chaffee County Commissioners delayed deciding Thursday on a proposal from Nestle to harvest natural spring water and truck it to its Denver bottling plant. Nestle Waters of North America Inc.
March 20, 2009--Irrigation rules expected by next year (Pueblo Chieftain)
Rules protecting Colorado from future issues over the Arkansas River Compact as farmers install more sprinklers fed by ponds are expected to be filed in Division 2 Water Court in June and could become
- Agriculture
- Arkansas River
- Arkansas River Compact
- Bessemer Ditch
- Colorado
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- Fryingpan-Arkansas Project
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- Lower Arkansas River Water Conservancy District
- Press Clippings
- Pueblo Board of Water Works
- Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District
- Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District
- Water Court
March 17, 2009--Cooperation key in water crunch (Sterling Journal Advocate)
Thirty years ago, Colorado was in an era of water abundance.
March 13, 2009--Rules being formulated for valley groundwater (Pueblo Chieftain)
The rule-making process for groundwater withdrawals in the San Luis Valley got under way Thursday.
- Agriculture
- Alamosa-La Jara Water Conservation District
- Bureau of Land Management
- Closed Basin Project
- Colorado
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- Groundwater
- Irrigation
- New Mexico
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- Rio Grande Decision Support System
- San Luis Valley
- San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District
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- Water Rights
January 2, 2009--Panel sought to help develop water rules for SLV (Pueblo Chieftain)
The state engineer issued a formal order Wednesday, addressing the makeup of a groundwater rules advisory committee for the San Luis Valley that could include as many as 40 members.
December 15, 2008--Aquifer panel planned (Pueblo Chieftain)
The state engineer's office plans to form an advisory committee to help draft rules governing groundwater withdrawals from the San Luis Valley's shallow aquifer.
November 21, 2008--Lower Ark gets role in ag rules remedy (Pueblo Chieftain)
The Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District will play a big role in easing the blow of proposed state surface irrigation regulations.
October 21, 2008--Water trial begins Monday (Alamosa Valley Courier)
The San Luis Valley’s first water management sub-district plan goes to court next week as District/Water Judge O.
October 9, 2008--Mike Sullivan named deputy state engineer (Alamosa Valley Courier)
Rio Grande Basin Division Engineer Michael Sullivan this month moves into the second-in-command position with the Colorado Division of Water Resources.
