Tag: water rights
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NEWS | Some Coloradans’ drinking water still has highest radium levels in the nation
In rural areas along the Arkansas River, turning on the tap can mean a dose of radioactive water, with some of the nation’s highest recorded drinking water radium levels. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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Lake Powell poised to hit record low, Colorado Springs in the throes of contingency planning
With Lake Powell poised to hit a new record low in the coming days, Colorado Springs water storage levels are in good shape after a wet spring cut back the need to water lawns and gardens. However, since the city receives as much as 70% of its water from the Colorado River basin annually, Colorado…
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Lake Powell poised to hit record low, Colorado Springs in the throes of contingency planning
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With Lake Powell poised to hit a new record low in the coming days, Colorado Springs water storage levels are in good shape after a wet spring cut back the need to water lawns and gardens. However, since the city receives as much as 70%…
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NEWS | Residents in parched Baca County fight water speculation
Local residents, including former state Rep. Wes McKinley, have spent months fighting the appropriation of wells in Baca County, Colo., where water levels are steadily receding. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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New nondenominational church in Cripple Creek steps up to help save free water from Gillette Flats natural spring
TELLER COUNTY — A newly formed nondenominational church in Cripple Creek has stepped up to answer the pleas of a lengthy grassroots effort to save a natural spring that’s been available for free public water consumption for as long as locals can remember. Faith Fellowship, which opened in the fall and has about 15 members,…
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State to cap free spring water available in Teller County for decades, citing water rights violation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FLORISSANT • Rumors that have been circulating among Teller County residents were confirmed Tuesday night at a Florissant Water and Sanitation District board meeting: The free spring water that flows continuously from a spigot on the side of South Colorado 67 at Gillette Flats will…
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State to cap free spring water available in Teller County for decades, citing water rights violation
FLORISSANT • Rumors that have been circulating among Teller County residents were confirmed Tuesday night at a Florissant Water and Sanitation District board meeting: The free spring water that flows continuously from a spigot on the side of South Colorado 67 at Gillette Flats will be capped in November and public use prohibited. What’s considered…