Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright called himself "the wow guy" — meaning, as he walked around the brand new Moffat County Courthouse on Friday, he repeatedly said, "Wow, this is so nice."
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One option for the White River storage project would be an off-channel dam andreservoir at this location between Meeker and Rangely. The Rio Blanco Water ConservancyDistrict and Colorado’s top water engineers will hash out their arguments for and against thereservoir project in water court next month.
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A water court judge has agreed with state engineers and dismissed several of a water conservancy district’s claims for water for a dam and reservoir project in northwest Colorado.
Division 6 Water Judge Michael A. O’Hara III, in a Dec. 23 order, determined that Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District has not provided enough evidence that its current existing water rights won’t meet demands in the categories of municipal, irrigation, domestic, in-reservoir piscatorial, commercial and augmentation for Yellow Jacket Water Conservancy District.