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Water

Out to dry: Water managers brace for lean supply in Southwest Colorado

Vallecito Reservoir expected to fill, but low snowpack means short irrigation season

DATE: Apr 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

What does it mean to ‘pay your fair share’ for water in Durango?

Questions around rates resurface as resources become scarce

DATE: Mar 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southern Colorado’s ‘dismal’ snowpack has water managers worried

Can storms make up for a dry winter?

DATE: Mar 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado water project funding is drying up

Under Senate Bill 40, a nine-member panel would examine new options to replace severance tax money

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Colorado is split into snowpack haves and have-nots, drought report shows

The northern mountains are loaded with snow, but to the south, paltry snowpack illustrates alarmingly high temperatures recorded in the past few months

DATE: Mar 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

State agencies request advance funding for pending Tribal water settlements

The settlements await Congressional approval

DATE: Mar 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Plans for water system upgrade get caught in funding freeze

About 400 water users on the Southern Ute Reservation and in La Plata County depend on the aging system

DATE: Mar 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Will the next six weeks turn around Southwest Colorado’s dismal snowpack?

Reservoir managers hope winter weather will up their supply headed into spring

DATE: Feb 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Flooding shutters Bayfield Town Hall

Busted pipe leaves over an inch of standing water on building’s second floor

DATE: Jan 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southwestern Water Conservation District awarded $25.6M grant

Money will fund projects supporting aquatic ecosystems during periods of drought

DATE: Jan 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado transportation, water infrastructure projects receive federal funding

Money will support improvements across the state

DATE: Jan 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Southern Ute Indian Tribe awarded more than $4 million in federal grants to prepare for climate change

Funding from Bureau of Indian Affairs will support two tribal water projects

DATE: Jan 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

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