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Advocacy and science work together to improve water quality in Coal Creek
Following a legacy of mining, local organizations keep tabs on water quality. Maintaining healthy waters in Crested Butte is critical as a headwaters source of the Colorado River. The streams, creeks and rivers that run from jagged mountains into Crested Butte’s watersheds are iconic. At a glance, the water in...
A water strategy for the parched West: Have cities pay farmers to install more efficient water systems
“Are you going to run out of water?” is the first question people ask when they find out I’m from Arizona. The answer is that some people already have, others soon may and it’s going to get much worse without dramatic changes. Unsustainable water practices, drought and...
Water Desk offers support for coverage of Colorado River Basin
The Water Desk is now accepting applications for grants of $2,500 to $10,000 to support media outlets and individual journalists covering water issues related to the Colorado River Basin. The deadline for applications for the 2022 grants is Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at 11:59 pm Pacific. This grantmaking program is...
60 days and counting: Colorado River cutbacks achievable, experts say, as long as farm interests are on board
Colorado River Basin states will succeed in complying with an emergency federal order that came just last week to slash water use by millions of acre-feet, experts said, but it will take time plus major deals with farm interests and tribal communities, and will likely require that the basin, whose flows and operational structure were divided by the 1922 Colorado River Compact, be united and managed as one entity.
Race is on for Colorado River basin states to conserve before feds take action
As water experts gathered this week for an annual conference in Boulder, it was with the sobering knowledge that despite everything they have done so far, it is still not enough to keep the Colorado River system from crashing. Federal officials this week made the earth-shaking announcement that the seven...
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