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 [...]
Continue reading …Customers of the Cherokee Metropolitan District are getting hit with an 87-percent increase in their water rate and a 10-percent hike in wastewater bills. Not surprisingly, many of the district’s 18,000 customers are feeling significant sticker shock. “I’m not real happy with them right now,” said Mary Hernandez, a 30-year-plus Cimarron Hills resident. No other [...]
Continue reading …The Front Range Water Council, which consists of all major water providers along the Front Range, including Colorado Springs Utilities, Denver Water, and five others, has released a report titled “Water and the Colorado Economy.” The report paints a very different picture of water use on the Colorado Front Range than what is commonly portrayed. [...]
Continue reading …Four bills buttressing protection for consumers and the state’s waterways became law today. Senate Bill 119 clarifies provisions of the Colorado Water Quality Control Act, making it clear that no part of the law impairs the state’s ability to enforce penalties for companies discharging hazardous waste or hazardous materials into Colorado waters. Senate Bill 54 raises the [...]
Continue reading …In Colorado Springs, the water that flows from the faucets might have originated from melted snow on the slopes of Pikes Peak, from a well field east of the city, from the Arkansas River or from distant tributaries of the Colorado River. The city can claim, divert, transport and consume water from such distant sources [...]
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