Fraser River
March 10, 2010--West Slope questions Denver Water plan (Summit Citizens)
Local officials said Tuesday that a draft environmental study for a major Denver Water project is incomplete and doesn’t accurately reflect potential impacts in Summit County. At issue is Denver Water’s plan to expand its Moffat Collection system in Grand County.
February 18, 2010--Denver Water extends Moffat EIS comment period (Sky-Hi Daily News)
Denver Water has allowed more time for public input on a project that would take more water from Summit and Grand counties in future years. The proposed Moffat Project would expand Gross Reservoir near Boulder by as much as 72,000 acre-feet. One acre-foot is equal to 325,851 gallons of water and supplies about two single-family households for a year.
January 15, 2010--Grand County hopes to benefit from Front Range water-firming projects (Sky-Hi Daily News)
After about two hours listening to a panel of 15 people who represent Grand County in Denver Water Moffat Firming Project negotiations, one individual went to the microphone and asked point blank: “As a county, are we for this? ...Or we against this?” The answer was not as black or white as the question. The bottom line was: What choice do we have?
December 9, 2009--Environmentalists oppose Denver project to divert more water from Western Slope (Denver Post)
Denver has hit turbulence in its biggest water-supply project since the 1960s — a $225 million effort to prevent future shortages.
November 30, 2009--Public input sought on Gross Reservoir expansion (Boulder Daily Camera)
In five years, population growth in Denver will begin to outstrip water supplies, and by 2030, the city will be short about 11 billion gallons of water, according to Denver Water. That's one of the reasons why the agency is proposing an expansion of Gross Reservoir in southwest Boulder County that would almost triple its capacity.
November 2, 2009--Trout Unlimited: Upper Colorado ‘on the brink' (Aspen Times)
Increased diversions from the Fraser River, in Grand County, could put the entire Upper Colorado ecosystem at risk, a coalition of environmental groups warned Friday. “We're really nervous. The rivers are only so resilient,” said David Nickum, director of Colorado Trout Unlimited.
May 1, 2009--Colorado water war ends in deal (Denver Post)
A peace treaty in a decade-long water war between between Grand County and the Front Range has been struck.
February 26, 2009--Study to assess wildfire potential near water supply (Grand County Sky-Hi Daily News)
Hit hard by watershed clean-up costs in the wake of past wildfires, the Denver Water Board is launching efforts to protect crucial water supplies from future wildfire.
October 24, 2008--Fraser River work near Tabernash aims to improve habitat, create wetlands (Grand County Sky-Hi Daily News)
All the heavy equipment operating in the open meadow southwest of Tabernash, Colorado, this week is not constructing another development, but rather is working on a project that will restore the water quality and the riparian environment along a portion of the Fraser River.
October 5, 2008--Current affairs on state water (Denver Post)
The two sides of the Continental Divide are engaged in a first-of-its-kind negotiation over moving more water to the Front Range — the two water companies are planning $410 million in new projects to provide an extra 16 billion gallons — while protecting the mountain streams and rivers.
