Category: Water Use

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

New Educational Resource Simplifies Colorado Hydrology

March 12, 2019 by Lacey Williams

A calf on a farm in the Rio Grande Basin. Credit: Jerd Smith

Climate change to trigger fundamental changes on Colorado’s ranches

March 6, 2019 by Gloria Dickie

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