Category: Water Legislation

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Sept. 10, 2019. Credit: Jerd Smith

Colorado regulators’ effort to fast-track Clean Water Act replacement legislation fails

June 17, 2020 by Jerd Smith

The Yampa River, June 2019: Credit: Kelsey Ray, CU News Corps. The Water Desk

Colorado takes fast-track to assume oversight of streams left unprotected by Clean Water Act

May 27, 2020 by Jerd Smith

Many of Colorado's rivers and streams are intermittent and ephemeral, making their classification under the Clean Water Act difficult. Credit: Jerd Smith

Colorado AG, top water quality regulator vow to challenge new Clean Water Act rule

May 6, 2020 by Jerd Smith

Polis signs five major water bills into law: instream flows, anti-speculating, and more

April 29, 2020 by Larry Morandi

Streets are empty in Central City, with casinos shuttered and hundreds of workers layed-off. The pandemic is bad news for the state's new sports-betting tax , which was to have helped fund the Colorado Water Plan. April 21, 2020. Credit: Jerd Smith

New gambling tax revenue forecasts in free fall; cash for water plan in limbo

April 22, 2020 by Jerd Smith

The three-state Platte River Recovery Implementation Program was reauthorized by Congress and President Trump at the end of the year in a rare show of bi-partisan support for species conservation. Credit: PRRIP

States, Congress, Trump okay $156M to extend innovative Platte River recovery program

January 15, 2020 by Jerd Smith

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