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by Shannon Mullane | November 14, 2024

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A century-old practice allows people to use more than their legal share of Colorado River water. Researchers say it should stop.
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Construction workers build a single family home in Castle Rock. The needs new surface water supplies to reduce its reliance on non-renewable groundwater. Credit: Jerd Smith
Colorado Supreme Court upholds “slow sip” approach to managing underground water supplies
November 7, 2024 by Jerd Smith
Proposition JJ passes: Colorado to keep all sports betting tax revenue to fund water projects
November 7, 2024 by Shannon Mullane
As voters are set to decide if Colorado keeps more sports betting revenue, tribes are suing to keep their share
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What’s behind Colorado’s dirty snow? Dust blown in from the Southwest — and it’s brought problems with it.
October 31, 2024 by Shannon Mullane
Tribes won’t be paid for unused water through a federal fund. Colorado lawmakers want that to change.
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Windy Gap Reservoir nearly crashed an aquatic ecosystem. A $33 million water project is undoing the damage.
October 17, 2024 by Shannon Mullane
Construction workers build a single family home in Castle Rock. The needs new surface water supplies to reduce its reliance on non-renewable groundwater. Credit: Jerd Smith
Colorado Supreme Court “slow sip” ruling could affect city water supplies from fast-growing Greeley to Castle Rock
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