Northern Water will pay $30 million over the next 30 years to solve long-standing clarity and water quality problems at one of Colorado’s most treasured natural wonders, Grand Lake. Under the terms of ...

Las Vegas’ Fox5 news reports that Colorado River Basin states are bracing for a federal water management plan that is expected to order large-scale cuts in water use to protect the failing river and ...

Source New Mexico rports that state regulators want to limit containants that are allowed in wastewater that is produced in oil fields ahead of rule making hearings next year. Read more on this story ...

Aspen Journalism reports that Pitkin County Commissioners have voted to buy more water from the Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Co. The county’s Healthy Rivers board objected to the purchase, saying ...

Housed within the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, the Colorado Division of Water Resources, which includes the State Engineer, division engineers and water commissioners, has the authority ...

The Arkansas River Basin covers a huge territory, more than 28,000 square miles, encompassing more than a fifth of Colorado’s total land area. The Arkansas River flows from its headwaters near ...

Historic water shortages are drying out the scenic mountains that lie at the heart of Colorado’s tourist economy, prompting the state to issue emergency orders earlier this month allowing water to be ...

When Denver Water brought online the Northwest Water Treatment Plant in 2024, that meant staff had to learn a whole new set of operating instructions. The plant, located north of Golden, Colorado, ...

KJZZ Radio in Phoenix reports that Arizona cities and a state water authority are clashing over how much of the cities’ excess Colorado River water stored underground will be available to them as ...

Aspen Journalism reports that Colorado River experts, in a new paper, are advocating for federally funded, permanent reduction in agricultural water use across the seven-state Colorado River Basin.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that a year after the state approved a new program to buy and retire groundwater rights to help protect its aquifers, money has been found to pay for the program.

The Guardian reports that Wyoming has moved to tighten wastewater treatment rules after a data center owned by Meta improperly discharged contaminated fluids into a Cheyenne wastewater system.