Articles – State Water Issues

In 2015, then-Governor John Hickenlooper signed a momentous document into being – the Colorado Water Plan. At the time, decades of analysis concluded that a gap was widening between the limited supply of water and an increasing demand from users. This gap in water...

The Western United States has long considered its mountains, a hedge against drought and water shortage. Yet citizens in these areas are faced with accepting a new moisture norm. Many western communities have seen water supplies shrink, temperatures rise and...

By Judy Lopez In Colorado it is a given that “the Gap” is widening between water supply and demand. In May of 2013, Governor Hickenlooper issued an executive order that directed the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) to develop Colorado’s Water Plan. The CWCB...