Water supply

DENVER – After a dry autumn, snowfall is rebounding to normal levels at Western ski areas and in the mountains that feed the vital Colorado River. Snow totals were encouraging across most of the...

Water line breaks are part of life in cold climates and a common annoyance for utility departments and plumbers this time of year. Temperatures were in the teens early Tuesday morning, gradually...

CORTEZ The historic McElmo Creek Flume has been officially consecrated as a monument to pioneer ingenuity and early water development. The project is the culmination of a three-year local effort to...

The Animas-La Plata Operation, Maintenance and Replacement Association is drafting a policy allowing for future use of the Animas-La Plata Project’s water for construction, maintenance and other...

For the first time in well over a century, the city of Durango will rely exclusively on the Animas River for its water supply throughout the winter. “There’s always a first time for everything,”...

Ute Mountain Ute leaders traveled to Washington this week to attend President Barack Obama’s eighth annual White House Tribal Nations Conference . Tribal Chairman Manuel Heart and councilwoman...

Standing on a slope above Lake Nighthorse on a sunny Wednesday morning, La Plata Water Conservancy District President Brice Lee told a crowd of about 50 water stakeholders, “Water is like...

The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe has been awarded a $9 million federal grant to upgrade its water and wastewater infrastructure in Towaoc and White Mesa. The grant, issued through rural development...

A private water distribution service may make Dryside deliveries to offset a shortfall at a natural spring in Marvel that has been running at little more than a trickle lately. The spring, just...

Leaders of one of the nation’s largest American Indian tribes blasted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as their attorneys sued Tuesday, claiming negligence in the cleanup of the Gold King...

Construction to correct the flow of the Animas River upstream of the Whitewater Park is expected to start Monday. This week, crews will start putting up fencing and traffic-control barriers, the...