Tagged: Water

A new report by a California water think-tank reveals that water users in the seven-state Colorado River basin are getting more efficient and consuming less water.  But the study by the Pacific Institute also notes that in the long-term, demand will still out-strip supply in the arid region.

Officials with the agency that provides water to scores of cities and farms in northeastern Colorado say they’re close to announcing an agreement that seeks to ease long-standing tensions between water users on the Front Range and the western slope.  The pending agreement is expected to be similar to one recently announced by Denver Water.

Supporters of a large, proposed water storage project in northern Colorado staged what was billed as a jobs and economy rally in Loveland Thursday. 

Colorado Republican Congressman Cory Gardner was among the speakers.  He said says the Northern Integrated Supply Project, or NISP, would be a boost to the economy of northeastern Colorado.  

"We have to recognize that jobs and economic development across this state, are tied to our ability to store and deliver, clean, affordable water," Gardner said.