Aurora is attempting to acquire Arkansas River Basin water and export it out of the basin in violation of a landmark legal agreement, according to a statement issued by the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District….
At the February board meeting of the Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District, Project Manager Gracy Goodwin and engineer Chris Manera reported progress on the Trout Creek Park Alluvial Storage Project. The Upper Ark District began…
The Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District is accepting applications for the position of general manager until “end of day” March 3. Current District General Manager Terry Scanga said he will retire when his current contract…
Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District officials discussed several projects during their monthly board meeting Thursday.
The Colorado Water Conservation Board awarded a $500,000 grant to the Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District and Round Mountain Water and Sanitation District for construction of a new reservoir near Westcliffe.
Officials with the Colorado Water Conservation Board presented an overview of the recently updated Colorado Water Plan at the Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District board meeting Thursday in Salida.
It should be obvious to anyone – trying to fill a bathtub with the drain wide open is foolish.
Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 22-114 into law Wednesday, authorizing the designation of fire-suppression ponds that will be exempt from the Prior Appropriation System established by the Colorado Constitution.
State water officials for the Arkansas River Basin raised eyebrows in 2021 when they began applying state water law to ponds. The effects of the new pond-management plan have now rippled into the Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District.
In 1979 the Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District was formed. Since that time, innumerable benefits have been provided to the citizens of the District.
Divers contracted by the Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District recently completed repairs on the water-release infrastructure at North Fork Reservoir during 3½ days of diving in the frigid mountain reservoir.
A scuba-diving crew is finalizing plans to spend two to four days diving in North Fork Reservoir to replace a damaged slide gate that controls the reservoir’s water releases.
