Water Storage

February 11, 2010--State delays instream flow appropriation on San Miguel River (Telluride Watch)

At its first meeting this year, the Colorado Water Conservation Board voted to delay the appropriation of an instream flow water right on the lower San Miguel River until January 2011, in order to allow time to develop off-stem water storage in the watershed.

November 10, 2009--Calif. governor signs $11B water bond measure championing new dams (Los Angeles Times)

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a far-reaching water bond intended to rebuild California's crumbling water system and fund new dams to save up the precious resource for dry years.

November 10, 2009--Reservoir under construction south of Denver, but there's no water to hold (Denver Post)

An armada of giant yellow earthmovers on the prairie south of Denver is racing to dig one of Colorado's biggest water-supply reservoirs in decades — a hole 180 feet deep across 1,400 acres — designed to wean suburbs off waning aquifers. But the water to fill this reservoir? Not yet secured.

October 19, 2009--New storage eyed as Colorado confronts more people & less water (Summit Daily)

With demographers forecasting 35 percent more people in Colorado by 2035 and climate scientists predicting 15 percent less water available in the Colorado River Basin by mid-century, something has to give. More and more, public officials, business groups and environmental organization have been talking about additional dams and reservoirs to augment those built in the mid-20th century.

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.
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