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Arizona's top water official said states are still unable to agree on new rules for sharing water after 2026.
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Water managers across the West say they do not expect a new Trump administration will alter post-2026 Colorado River talks.
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Denver Water has found nearly 65,000 lead service lines in the city and is halfway through replacing them. New federal laws and financial help will speed this process up. But what is taking so long?
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Tribal leaders want to be included again in federal funding through the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for conservation programs in the Upper Basin. The money would pay groups like the Southern Ute Indian Tribe for water they are not using.
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Sure, Israel does it. But is it really a solution to water issues in Colorado or the Colorado River Basin? Water experts have their doubts.
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Farmers use the majority of Colorado’s water. Shouldn’t they bear the burden of future cutbacks?Not exactly, and doing so could mean creating a food crisis to prevent a water crisis. The message from farm advocates: Please, don’t.
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The Interior Department is spending another $90 million on restoring rivers and wetlands across the Western U.S., including several in the Mountain West region.
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Most major metro areas have shown they can grow without straining their supplies. But there could be limits to that success.
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Decades of drought and overpumping are draining groundwater tables across the West. Now, some states are buying farmers’ water rights to free up supplies – and plenty of farmers are ready to sell.
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Judges at an annual competition in Keystone picked Denver's water as the best tasting. Louisville and Broomfield were also on the podium.