February 28, 2007--Water buys for Rio Grande set (Albuquerque Journal)
New Mexico's largest water utility plans to work with conservation groups to buy water from farmers to help keep the Rio Grande wet. The "Living River Fund" will be the first of its kind on the Rio...
View ArticleFebruary 21, 2008--Measure would protect rights of landowners who lend water...
Landowners who want to lease or donate water to keep streams flowing can do so without fear of risking their water rights under a bill approved in a House committee Wednesday. Under HB1280, water...
View ArticleAugust 22, 2008--Ag water studies yield valuable results (Pueblo Chieftain)
The impacts of water leasing, increasing irrigation efficiency or removing invasive species like tamarisk must be measured in order to determine if programs are effective, a researcher who has spent...
View ArticleNovember 15, 2009--Water pool program in northern Colorado should help...
Municipal and industrial water users may have another source of water next year when a regional water pool program proposed by the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District comes online.read more
View ArticleNovember 20, 2009--Lower Ark to look at ‘tipping point’ in water sales...
The state is trying to find a “tipping point” where water sales from a community begin to affect Main Street businesses. The Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District Wednesday voted to help...
View ArticleJanuary 21, 2011--Water leases extended in legislators’ proposal (Pueblo...
Two area lawmakers are among the sponsors of proposed legislation introduced Thursday that would ease the process for and expand the length of leasing agricultural water from Southern Colorado to urban...
View ArticleMay 16, 2012--Water loans might aid some Colorado rivers (Aspen Times)
The Colorado Water Trust has received 16 formal offers from water-rights holders to participate in a pilot program aimed at boosting streamflows in rivers across the state this summer. The upper...
View ArticleMarch 18, 2013--Group wants to lease water to benefit rivers (Aspen Daily News)
The upper Roaring Fork River and the lower Crystal River are two of 19 sections of river in Colorado that the Colorado Water Trust has identified as high priority reaches for its 2013 water leasing...
View ArticleMarch 26, 2013--Colorado cities say there's no extra water (Denver Business...
A handful of Colorado cities are telling ranchers and farmers suffering through an ongoing drought it's doubtful any extra water will be available for agriculture this year, the Greeley Tribune...
View ArticleColorado Water Trust Request for Water 2013 Leases--May 3, 2013 Deadline
The Colorado Water Trust's (CWT) Request for Water Program is a water leasing arrangement that benefits both water users and the environment.read more
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