The board of directors of the Republican River Water Conservation District (RRWCD) will hold their quarterly board meeting in the conference meeting room in the Cobblestone Inn & Suites, located at 35952 US-385, in Wray, on Tuesday, Nov. 21, beginning at 10 a.m. The board will review and vote on the minutes of the Aug. […]
State Engineer Kevin Rein from the Colorado Division of Water Resources in Denver officially designated Wednesday the lower and middle portions of the Yampa River as over-appropriated.
State Engineer Kevin Rein from the Colorado Division of Water Resources in Denver officially designated on Wednesday the lower and middle portions of the Yampa River as over-appropriated.
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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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Six years after the application was filed, a judge has granted a water conservancy district in northwest Colorado a water right for a new dam-and-reservoir project that top state engineers had opposed.
Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District now has a 66,720 acre-foot conditional water right to build a dam and reservoir between Rangely and Meeker, known as the White River storage project or the Wolf Creek project. The conservancy district is proposing an off-channel reservoir with a dam 110 feet tall and 3,800 feet long, with water that will be pumped from the White River.