Jim Lochhead leaves Denver Water
Outgoing CEO says Colorado River water use must shift from ag to urban. “That is the heart of the negotiation that is going to have to occur,” he says..
Alan Salazar to lead Denver Water
Key aide to top Colorado Democrats for more than 30 years will replace outgoing Jim Lochhead but position is only interim
Pick your Colorado River metaphor
The river is in deep doo-doo, and worse may very well come. So why such a sluggish reaction?
Hedging our water bets
Las Vegas in 2007 bet on declining reservoir levels in the Colorado River. The bet is now paying off. Municipal water providers in Colorado have started tightening the spigot for landscaping. That move is also wise — but overdue?
Water building rapidly taking shape on CSU’s new Spur campus in Denver
On the site of former meat-packing plate, a three-story building called Hydro has arisen on Colorado State University’s new Denver campus. The focus: water.
Telling the story of what was lost as a result of our thirsty Colorado cities
Headwaters River Journey in Winter Park graphically explains Colorado’s tangled interplay between growing Front Range cities and its Western Slope headwaters.
Closer but no cigar for Denver Water
Denver moves closer to permits it needs for expansion of reservoir in foothills of Rockies. In Fraser, at least one resident sees one diversion too many
How Colorado’s water conversation has shifted in the 21st century
The water conversation in Colorado has had a giant pivot in the last few decades, as was evident in at the annual conference of the Colorado Water Congress in late January.
