Water Talks: Benefits from Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District Programs
In 1979 the Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District was formed. Since that time innumerable...
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Category: Water Talks
Drought in the West: Governors Join Forces to Ask for Federal Declaration as First-ever Tier One Water Shortage Declared for the Colorado River
It’s a one-two punch. Just as a bipartisan group of Western governors has urged the federal...
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Water Commitments Come Due in the West
The ‘Chickens are Coming Home to Roost’, as the first major water calls are made on...
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Bennet Announces Colorado-crafted Western Climate Resilience Framework
“Building resilience in the face of climate change is about protecting our way of life in Colorado, our rivers, forests, farms and ranches, our homes, and our communities.”
Jon Goldin Dubois
President, Western Resource Advocates
Water Talks: Quantifying Water Right Ownership and the Term “Buy and Dry”
In Colorado, transfer of water from one type of use to another is a historical necessity and will...
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Letter to Chaffee County from Nestlé Waters North America: Chaffee a Special Place in a Remarkable State
Dear Citizens of Chaffee County, As Nestlé Waters North America seeks an extension of our 1041...
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Letter to the Editor: The Community Has Spoken on Nestle 1041 Permit: No Renewal
After multiple hearings, much testimony, technical jargon, and hyperbole about whether the 1041...
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Nestlé 1041 Permit Renewal Stirs Chaffee Controversy – Again
Chaffee County Commissioners regularly have to handle controversial issues – development of land, land use regulations, health regulations in the COVID-19 pandemic, to name only some.
The proposed renewal of a 1041 permit to allow Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) to continue to pump water from the Ruby Springs Aquifer in the north county is one of the more contentious issues to come before the commissioners in recent history.
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Water Talks: Water Rights Protections and Nestlé Water’s Ruby Mountain Springs Augmentation
Over the past 20 plus years, I have written many articles on water rights and water allocation in...
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Nestlé Waters North America 1041 Permit Renewal Hearings on Tap Oct. 20, 22
Larry Lawrence, Resource Manager for Nestlé Waters North America, Inc. left, gestures while...
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Commissioners Mull How to Hold In-person Public Hearings While Maintaining Social Distancing
When the law calls for public hearings and the topic is controversial, how can that be done safely...
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Senate Passes Historic Public Lands Bill, Approval Moves to House
Bipartisan legislation to fix up national parks and fully fund efforts to acquire and protect...
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