Water

Local News

Rain barrels may be revived

Colorado only state banning collection of rain water

May 11, 2015

Local News

May showers bring green spring so far

Precipitation is on par with average

May 11, 2015

Local News

Water rates to rise this summer

hopes to boost conservation

May 9, 2015

Local News

Rain-barrel bill drowns in the Senate

Water-rights concerns sink measure

May 5, 2015

Local News

Rain-barrel measure could wash away in Colo.

‘Aw-shucks,’ says Sen. Sonnenberg

May 3, 2015

Local News

Are rapids fish-friendly?

Whitewater parks balance recreation with river health

April 27, 2015

Local News

Tipton criticizes Forest Service

issue are water rights

April 14, 2015

Local News

The future of agriculture appears dry

175 gather to discuss water

April 3, 2015

Local News

Closure of Animas River Trail is scheduled

The city will close the Animas River Trail near the La Plata County Humane Society on Thursday for construction. The…

April 1, 2015

Regional News

Funding in short supply for water projects

Construction crews work on a shaft for an intake structure on the south shore of Ute Lake near Logan, N.M.…

March 29, 2015

Local News

City Council looks at tweaking water rates

Councilors examine heavy levies placed on La Plata County users

March 23, 2015

Local News

Rainwater collection prohibition may end

allow Coloradans to collect, store water from their own roofs

March 23, 2015

Local News

Utility hikes hit home

questions surround online bill pay

March 4, 2015

Local News

City evaluates three wastewater plant options

Utilities Director Steve Salka explains problems with wastewater plant in 2012. The city is now facing an estimated $55 million…

March 2, 2015

Local News

Long Hollow filling up

Water, now several feet deep, sits behind Long Hollow Dam on Monday south of Redmesa. The dam, dedicated in October…

March 2, 2015

Local News

Commitment needed for water system

project at critical point, leaders say

March 2, 2015

Local News

In S.W. Colo., snowpack slips

Statewide accumulation at 90 percent of average

February 18, 2015

Local News

Lawmakers introduce water bill

producers would have leeway in infrastructure funding

February 5, 2015

Local News

Grants to help area students study local air pollution

Marci Demming-Bidwell, director of Mountain Studies Institute, plants plugs of grass near Ophir Pass. The institute recently received a grant…

February 5, 2015

Local News

Rate hike on tap for city water, sewer fees

February’s increase just the beginning

January 30, 2015

Local News

Severance-tax fight looms

Congress worries about diverting money from water

January 29, 2015

Local News

Water conservation bill moves forward

Sen. Ellen Roberts at odds with fellow Republicans

January 14, 2015

Local News

Durango’s councilors back tribe’s water request

Lake Nighthorse, as seen west from Carbon Mountain, was created in part to fulfill water-right obligations to the Navajo Nation…

January 5, 2015

Local News

Healthy Animas, healthy animals

Quality of water, vegetation focus of $159K project

December 14, 2014