Water

Local News

Durango mobile home park owner defends response to water crisis

orders landlord to file weekly updates with the court

March 14, 2023

Regional News

Healthy snowpack promises to offer some relief for strained water supplies

Colorado’s statewide snowpack is above average weeks ahead of normal seasonal peak

March 14, 2023

Local News

Under new control, water on the way for mobile home park west of Durango

Contracted buyer takes over Lightner Creek, providing much-needed cash

March 14, 2023

Local News

Boebert talks priorities for working-class families and water in Colorado

Congresswoman breaks down her fight to bring back ‘good-paying jobs’ and better water allocation

March 11, 2023

Local News

23 days without water: mobile home park owner ordered to explain

seeks to sanction owner for contempt following court order

March 7, 2023

Regional News

Kamala Harris discusses water conservation, climate change during stop in Arvada

president was joined by U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen and climber Sasha DiGiulian

March 7, 2023

Local News

Court orders mobile home park owner in Durango to deliver more water, toilets

Darlene Mann must also reimburse residents for expenses related to outage

February 28, 2023

Local News

Red Cross, local governments help with mobile home water outage, which reaches Day 15

Recreation center showers made available to residents

February 27, 2023

Local News

Conference to address water crisis in Southwest Colorado

Drought requires ideas and collaboration; Sky Ute Casino in Ignacio will host seminar

February 22, 2023

Regional News

Pumping Mississippi River water west: solution or pipe dream?

an engineer feat would require decades of construction and billions of dollars

February 17, 2023

Local News

Will recent snowstorms reverse drought in Southwest Colorado?

Above-average precipitation is a boon to small basins, but downstream impacts are limited

February 16, 2023

Regional News

Water conservation remains a huge concern in the West, annual Colorado College poll shows

State of the Rockies project’s 13th annual poll found that Coloradans and other western states are still on high alert…

February 16, 2023

Regional News

Upper Colorado River states land $125 million for pilot conservation program amid drought crisis

major expansion of a previous experiment will be one of Colorado’s biggest contributions to emergency use cuts on the troubled…

February 14, 2023

Local News

Water, housing and democracy: Senators lay out priorities in Congress

and Hickenlooper hope to make progress on curbing climate change

February 4, 2023

Regional News

California releases its own plan for Colorado River cuts

Arizona would bear brunt of bigger cuts, while Nevada would make up the rest

February 1, 2023

Regional News

New Colorado water reuse rule said to be first of its kind in the country

potable reuse will require treatment with state-of-the-art technologies

February 1, 2023

Regional News

California is lone holdout in Colorado River cuts proposal

would result in about 2 million acre-feet of cuts in Lower Basin, with smaller reductions in Upper Basin

February 1, 2023

Local News

When will water flow to the far reaches of western La Plata County?

may be a while until taps are running, but a water dock should be operational by spring

January 27, 2023

Local News

Workshop on ranching in drought stresses sustainability

Mountain Ute Tribe Farm and Ranch hosted a free series of presentations on range and herd management

January 15, 2023

New Mexico

Possible deal to end Rio Grande SCOTUS case becomes public

Mexico would deliver Texas its water at the state line; new guidelines for farmers south of Elephant Butte

January 11, 2023

Regional News

High altitude water storage, judicial discipline among topics of bills sent to Colorado Legislature

Legislative Council OKs 29 items from interim committees

December 28, 2022

Local News

Water managers across drought-stricken West agree on one thing: ‘This is going to be painful’

Receding reservoirs give a clear view of the hard choices ahead

December 21, 2022

Local News

Conferees told Colorado River action ‘absolutely critical’

A buoy sits high and dry on cracked earth previously under the waters of Lake Mead at the Lake Mead…

December 19, 2022

Southwest Life

Colorado River water users convening amid crisis concerns

Experts say system is in ‘dire condition’

December 13, 2022