Author: JERD SMITH Fresh Water News
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Coors Seltzer and Coca-Cola among businesses aiding key segment of drought-stressed Colorado River
A coalition of high-profile businesses, including Coors Seltzer and Coca-Cola as well as the nonprofit Colorado Water Trust have signed up to add additional water for fish, farmers and hydropower generation to a key segment of the drought-stressed Colorado River known as the 15-Mile Reach. This stream segment begins just east of Grand Junction and…
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In pandemic squeeze, Vail exits Colorado cloud seeding program
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Vail Resorts Inc., one of the largest financial contributors to Colorado’s cloud seeding program, has dropped out this year, leaving a major hole in the program’s budget. Cloud seeding is a practice in which silver…
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In pandemic squeeze, Vail exits Colorado cloud seeding program
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Vail Resorts Inc., one of the largest financial contributors to Colorado’s cloud seeding program, has dropped out this year, leaving a major hole in the program’s budget. Cloud seeding is a practice in which silver iodide pellets are sprayed into storm clouds in an effort…
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Colorado eyes foreclosure against troubled Pueblo water company
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Arkansas Valley water and land company has left Colorado on the hook for nearly $1.4 million in delinquent loan payments and emergency dam repair bills, and may face a rare foreclosure proceeding by the Colorado Water Conservation Board. At issue are two state deals,…
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Are Colorado homeowners stalling out on conservation?
The summer days of 2019 in Castle Rock were hot and endless. School teacher Kirsten Schuman, pregnant with her second child, wearily watered her suburban yard only to see it go brown almost immediately, week after week. But then a friend told her about a new city contest to win an $11,000 yard makeover, one…
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Aurora spends millions to tap South Platte River farm water
Thirsty Front Range Colorado cities continue to drive the market for South Platte River farm water, with Aurora announcing two major deals to acquire farms and their associated water rights for $43.7 million. One deal involves the $16.7 million purchase of a small ditch company near Merino, as well as 1,200 acres of land. The…