Aurora inks $43.7 million in water deals on South Platte River
by Jerd Smith | October 21, 2020
Colorado water regulators are asking lawmakers to allow them to assume oversight of streams once protected by the Clean Water Act. Credit: Jeff Rice, Sterling Journal-Advocate

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Standley Lake in Westminster. The ongoing drought, which shows no signs of easing this fall, has left Colorado's reservoirs at just 84 percent of average capacity, down from 112 percent of average last year at this time. Credit: Jerd Smith, Fresh Water News
Colorado reservoirs down 25 percent as drought persists
October 14, 2020 by Sarah Kuta

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Research technician and Grand County rancher Wendy Thompson collects hay samples as part of a far-reaching experiment to see if ranchers can fallow hay meadows and conserve more water for the Colorado River. Credit: Dave Timko, This American Land. Aug. 12, 2020
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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Sept. 10, 2019. Credit: Jerd Smith
Colorado enacts arsenal of laws to stop “forever chemicals”
September 23, 2020 by Caitlin Coleman
Feds issue red flag warning on lakes Powell and Mead
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Colorado farmers, ranchers hit by double, triple whammy
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Standley Lake in Westminster. The ongoing drought, which shows no signs of easing this fall, has left Colorado's reservoirs at just 84 percent of average capacity, down from 112 percent of average last year at this time. Credit: Jerd Smith, Fresh Water News
Colorado reservoirs down 25 percent as drought persists
October 14, 2020 by Sarah Kuta

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