Healing itself from wildfire damage, it is going with the flow again.
By Karl Licis
Special to The Denver Post
In a year of abundant rainfall on the heels of a decent winter snowpack, river flows up and down the South Platte have been above the long-term average. Below brimful Cheesman Reservoir, the volume approached 800 cubic feet per second the past few weeks, but has been gradually receding. The higher flows are expected to benefit the river and its fishery, and some of their effects may already be evident. Read more
Minturn resort may lose water bid
Melanie Wong - Vail Dailymwong@vaildaily.com
MINTURN, Colorado — It appears highly likely the developer of the proposed Ginn project in Minturn will have to find a plan B to provide water for the project. The city of Aurora was expected to vote late Monday night to buy 1,337 acre-feet of water from the Columbine Ditch near Leadville. Read more
Ritter revisits Colorado forest plan
By Jeremy P. MeyerThe Denver Post
"It's good, and we congratulate and thank him for doing that," said David Petersen, Trout Unlimited's director of a sportsmen's conservation project in Colorado. "We would like to see them take this extra time and continue to work to improve the state rule." Read more.
Why is the water so brown?
By Tonya BinaSky-Hi Daily News Grand County, Colorado
Contacted Wednesday, Orvis Shorefox development representative Steve Bromberg declined to comment, saying information was still being gathered about the incident. Read more
Ritter: Natural gas ‘vital part’ of new-energy economy
Denver Business Journal - by Cathy Proctor
“That’s why I encouraged Congresswoman DeGette to consider authorizing a comprehensive study of this issue instead of going directly to a new and potentially intrusive regulatory program. She agreed, at that time, to go instead to something that would be more in the way of a study instead of an amendment that would prescribe every state having to put in place these rules,” Ritter said, adding, “I thank the congresswoman for having done that.” Read more
Lawmakers want reclamation bureau to oversee Leadville tunnel
The [Colorado Springs] Gazette
On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., and Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs, held a conference call with reporters to announce legislation that would give responsibility for the tunnel to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. That agency runs the treatment plant at the tunnel's mouth but has disputed that it is responsible for maintaining the tunnel or removing backed-up water.
Udall, Rep. Salazar back Colorado roadless plan
Vail Daily - Associated PressDenver, CO Colorado
Conservation, hunting and angling groups recently asked Colorado's congressional delegation to urge Gov. Bill Ritter to delay completion of the state's plan while the Obama administration considers a long-term policy for 58 million acres of roadless forests nationwide. Read more
Denver’s Water Conundrum: Balancing Rapid Growth/Diminishing Supply
Washington Park Profile - by Ben Gerig Despite our sophisticated water delivery systems, demand both in Denver and downstream is an escalating drain on the availability of water for posterity “Future needs for water are beyond what the current supply is,” claims Bob Steger, Manager of Raw Water Supply at Denver Water. Read more
Small system’s radium levels concern customers
Water Technology Online -
The wells that supply the small system have tested high for levels of combined radium, according to a recent letter sent to residents from the Colorado Division of Water Resources. Read more
California Gives Desalination Plants a Fresh Look
Process to Make Seawater Drinkable Gains Traction, but Environmentalists Object to Heavy Energy Use, Harm to Marine Life Wall Street Journal By SABRINA SHANKMAN
Desalination is most commonly used in such places as Saudi Arabia and northern Africa, where fresh water is scarce.
But in Southern California, authorities are increasingly desperate. Huntington Beach, in Orange County, is planning to break ground on its own desalination plant in 2010. Another plant is in the works at Camp Pendleton, just north of Carlsbad, in San Diego County. Read more
