Nathan Elder News Today

Letters to the Editor for May 28

After a winter with a slow start but fierce finish, runoff season is underway in Summit County, and the strong snowpack is good news for the county’s recreation economy as well as downstream water interests....

Heavy snowfall descended on Berthoud Pass in March as Brian Domonkos explained how scientists quantify the spectacular snowpack in some areas on the Colorado River Basin that could fend off

The latest reports from Denver Water show our snowpacks rounding towards their state averages already, and there are still two months of snow to go.

Snow water equivalent for the Blue River basin has remained consistent with the 30-year median, still ahead of last year.  As of June 8, the Blue River basin has just over an inch — 1.3...

Local water experts gathered together in the Silverthorne Pavilion to give updates on the state of the Blue River and the Upper Colorado Basin as a whole at the Colorado River District’s State of the...

The Colorado River supplies drinking water for some of the West’s biggest cities, but a lot of them lie outside the watershed. Canals, tunnels, and pipelines from the river keep water flowing to their taps. And the infrastructure also puts pressure on the fragile river, especially in dry times.

Denver Water is preparing for a rare and tricky maneuver — shutting down the entire north side of its collection and relying solely on its southern side to get water to 1.5 million people.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify information about refilling the Goose Pasture Tarn. The Blue River is back with an above average flow. On July 1, the Blue River below Dillon was...

Arizona PBS By Alex Hager/Aspen Public Radio July 22, 2021 High-mountain snowmelt is collected in the Lost Man Reservoir, then channeled into a trans-mountain diversion by way of this canal. (Photo by Alex Hager/Aspen Public Radio) Water in Lost Man Canal passes underneath State Route 82 on Independence Pass. It’s a small part of a huge plumbing system that carries high-mountain snowmelt and rainfall through Colorado’s mountains to its populated cities on the Front R...