Category: Water Use

Workers put finishing touches on Denver Water's new super-sustainable administrative complex. July 17, 2019. Credit: Jerd Smith

Colorado water utilities, pushed to respond to climate change, are giving up their energy-guzzling ways

August 7, 2019 by Jerd Smith

Using a LiDAR-Equipped Drone & 3D Modeling: An Innovation for Water in the West

June 28, 2019 by Chuck Adams

A new type of irrigation diversion structure that uses gates rather than solid walls to dam the river, has been installed on a stretch of the South Platte near Evans. The $3.3 million project modernized the diversion system, restored the river, created a fish passageway and provides future protection from flooding. May 22, 2019 Credit: Jerd Smith

After the devastating 2013 flood, a river, a town, the farmers and fish find a silver lining

May 22, 2019 by Jerd Smith

Standley Lake in Westminster. May 14, 2019. As Colorado emerges from drought this year, its reservoirs are struggling to refill. Credit: Jerd Smith

It’s official: Colorado is drought free, but its reservoirs not so much

May 15, 2019 by Jerd Smith

Angler on the Roaring Fork River upstream of Basalt in Pitkin County. The county is one of just two statewide that now allows use of graywater in homes and businesses. Credit: Jerd Smith

Bill expanding Colorado’s innovative instream flow program advances

April 10, 2019 by Larry Morandi

What Not to Flush

April 4, 2019

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