Water

A few weeks ago I wrote on the always hot-button issue of wa


Water shoots out of an 8-foot tube at the base of Glen Canyon Dam into the Colorado River. (AP file Photo/Jeff Robbins, 1996)

The era of massive dam construction in the West — which tamed rivers, swallowed towns, and created irrigated agriculture, cheap hydropower and...


Water in the West has become like the weather, everybody talks about it but nobody does much about it. The political hot potato has become no less...


Maywood Mayor Felipe Aguirre holds a bottle of discolored tap water that was brought to him by a city resident, in Maywood, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. In a state where water has become an increasingly scarce commodity, a growing number of farmers are betting they can make more money selling their water supplies to thirsty cities and farms to the south than by growing crops. (Photo: Reed Saxon/AP)

In a state where water has become an increasingly scarce commodity, a growing number of farmers are betting they can make more money selling their...


Colorado's highest-ranking state judge has formed a panel to look for ways to streamline the state's water court system, which handles disputes and...


Former Montana Congressman Pat Williams, writing an


In this photo provided by West Virginia Governor's Office, Wyoming Gov. David D. Freudenthal, at microphone, speaks at a news conference Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, during the energy summit at Stonewall Resort in Roanoke, W.Va. He was joined by (left to right) Kentucky Gov.-elect Steve Beshear, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin. (Photo: Steven Wayne Rotsch/AP)

As a superdelegate to next year's Democratic National Convention in Denver, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal would hold one of about 800 potential swing...


A kayaker looks at a steep kayak run in the Black Canyon, one of several classic Colorado kayak runs. (Photo: Scott Willoughby/The Denver Post, 2005)

Kayak parks and other recreational water uses will be considered "more fairly" after political changes on the Colorado Water Conservation Board,...


Drought conditions are apparent in this photo of the Colorado River as it enters Lake Powell in southern Utah in 2003.  (Photo: Shaun Stanley/The Denver Post)

When it comes to water, the 2008 presidential candidates are remarkably parched for words. They are well aware that there are few faster ways for a...


Some of the biggest water providers along Colorado's populous Front Range have adopted conservation measures that could delay or eliminate the need...


Syndicate content