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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Category: Water Talks
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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Greg Felt Appointed to Colorado Water Conservation Board
“What has been happening is a recognition and an understanding that these upper basins of our major river systems of the state are where the big, forested watersheds are. A lot of those are like ours – not in the best of health and at risk for wildfire. We need to focus more attention on those challenges, as we’ve done through the Envision process here.”
Greg Felt
Just appointed to the Colorado Water Conservation Board
Nestlé Water public hearing re-set for April, 2020
In a sign that perhaps Nestlé Water might not find its Chaffee County 1041 permit renewal quite as...
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Final tallies show Colorado voters approve Prop DD
Vote counts on election night were too close to call for Proposition DD, which proposed to place a...
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Understanding the statewide election ballot measure: Proposition DD
The upcoming 2019 November election will see voters weighing in on two statewide ballot issues:...
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Water Talks: Colorado Water Rights as Private Property Rights
The misreading of Section 5, Article 16 of the Colorado Constitution has led many citizens to...
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