Can anything be done about rising water costs in Eagle County? A panel on water affordability featuring local leaders addressed that issue on Wednesday, May, 29, during the Eagle River Valley State of the River.
Vail received encouraging results from a preliminary thermal conductivity report to determine the viability of using geothermal energy to fuel its snowmelt system. The town has explored options over the years to decarbonize the system,.
On Wednesday, Jan. 31, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands of the House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing that included the Bolts Ditch Act. The act would allow the Eagle River Water and Sanitation.
During a special joint meeting on Nov. 30, the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District and the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority both decided to opt out of accepting settlements resulting from class action lawsuits.
If you’ve ever slipped and spun your way across Vail Pass through a wet, heavy snowstorm, you can be excused for wondering how Eagle River Valley communities could ever have too little water. Vail and its neighbors do have that problem, though.