Category: Water Supply

A new type of irrigation diversion structure that uses gates rather than solid walls to dam the river, has been installed on a stretch of the South Platte near Evans. The $3.3 million project modernized the diversion system, restored the river, created a fish passageway and provides future protection from flooding. May 22, 2019 Credit: Jerd Smith

After the devastating 2013 flood, a river, a town, the farmers and fish find a silver lining

May 22, 2019 by Jerd Smith

The Fork Not Taken

May 10, 2019

New homes going up in north west Arvada. The city has said it won't allocate more for water new homes in this area because it wants to save its remaining water supplies for commercial development. May 1, 2019 Credit: Jerd Smith

Front Range housing boom sends water prices soaring

May 1, 2019 by Jerd Smith

An American flag flies above the Colorado State Capitol. Credit: Jerd Smith

Lawmakers cut funds, expectations for Colorado’s water, drought plan

March 27, 2019 by Jerd Smith

Peaks along the Front Range show white as statewide the statewide snowpack tops 142 percent of average.

Epic: Colorado’s March snowpack 2X deeper than 2018 and growing fast

March 20, 2019 by Jerd Smith

Joe Docheff hauls silage Friday on his family's dairy farm east of Longmont. Docheff rents some water from the city for crops on his land. Docheff also manages some Longmont agricultural open space properties that are watered with Colorado-Big Thompson units. (Lewis Geyer / Longmont Times-Call Staff Photographer)

Front Range farmers look to cities to lease water as prices surge

February 6, 2019 by Water Education Colorado

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