by Associated Press Published: January 17,2011
Tags: mineral severance tax, water
Colorado doesn’t have enough money to fund a backlog of water projects and meet future water needs, according to a report by a Denver public policy research firm. Colorado has relied on mineral severance taxes to fund water projects, but some of those funds were diverted to other uses as the state sought to balance [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 13,2010
Tags: water
While parts of Colorado’s High Country have gotten plenty of snow, parts of southern Colorado are showing signs of drought. The U.S. Drought Monitor lists the entire Lower Arkansas Valley east of Pueblo as having severe drought conditions. The Rio Grande basin is categorized as abnormally dry. The areas haven’t seen significant rainfall since mid-summer. [...] [...]
Pueblo County, which spent $150,000 in defending a lawsuit brought by its suburban neighbor, Pueblo West, concerning the Arkansas River Pueblo flow program, wants someone else to pay the County’s legal fees. The someone else? Colorado Springs Utilities. According to reports from the Pueblo Chieftain Pueblo County Commissioners believe CSU should pay, because CSU didn’t [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: November 26,2010
Tags: Colorado River, water
A water war may soon erupt among Western states, and Colorado could end up losing. Demand for water is increasing, supplies are shrinking, and cities including Colorado Springs, Phoenix and Las Vegas are bracing for battle on the political and legal fronts. Seventy percent of Colorado Springs’ drinking water comes from the Colorado River, which [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: October 11,2010
Tags: John Suthers, water
A federal arbitrator ruled that Kansas could reasonably reject Colorado’s compact compliance pipeline plan for the Republican River, even though a third state involved in the Republican River compact approved it. Nebraska, Colorado and Kansas all receive water from the river, and Colorado’s plan has been in arbitration for most of this year. Attorney General [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: September 3,2010
Tags: Amendment 60, SDS, Utilities, water
Colorado voters this November will decide whether to approve Amendment 60, which would require Colorado Springs Utilities and other government-owned enterprises statewide to begin paying property taxes. That’s the intended aim of the initiative. The unintended consequence? While rolling back property taxes for homeowners, the amendment will at the same time force CSU to raise [...] [...]
Dr. Malik Hasan believes Americans can solve any problem as long as they’re educated about the issues, but he says he learned a valuable lesson when he commissioned a water study by a former congressman for $300,000. Hasan says he was expecting Scott McInnis to work fulltime for two years writing and lecturing on solutions [...] [...]
by Becky Hurley Published: July 17,2010
Tags: Cherokee, special district, water
Water issues in the Pikes Peak region, a high-desert plateau, have long made waves for homeowners and developers. In the latest news from that front, the long-time general manager of the Cherokee Metro District, Kip Petersen, recently resigned after 11 years on the job. Within hours of that announcement in late June, former Sunset Metropolitan [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: June 5,2010
Tags: water
For financially challenged homeowners on the west side, April is the kindest month. Winter is for gas bills, summer is for water bills. April, May, September and October give brief respite from the unrelenting demands of Colorado Springs Utilities. Last winter was expensive. Ours is a drafty 1898 Victorian house, which seems to shrug off [...] [...]
The Colorado snowpack is melting more quickly than usual, boosting reservoir storage above average across the state. The latest surveys conducted by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service show snowpack totals are below average across the state. However, they still remain higher than last year’s. In May, stormy spring weather built up the snowpack in [...] [...]
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