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Eric Bonner of Lansing Mich., visits the Hoover Dam in the Arizona side with his mother-in-law Zina Ibragimova, left, and his sister-in-law Gamar Ibragimovai, center, on Thursday
. A coalition of activists, conservationists, elected officials, and business and agricultural interests gathered at Hoover Dam to call for a moratorium on what they call wasteful uses of Colorado River water, including dam and diversion projects.
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Kyle Roerink of Great Basin Water Network, center, speaks during a news conference at the Hoover Dam in the Arizona side, Thursday, July 15, 2021, to share demands for managing the shrinking Colorado River. (Chitose Suzuki/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
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From piping irrigation canals to monitoring water quality after wildfire, the Colorado River District’s Partnership Project Funding Program is helping update water infrastructure, keeping clean water flowing to our communities and protecting river health.
Since March, the Colorado River District has awarded a total of $399,575 to seven projects across the Western Slope.
“These multi-benefit projects support and protect our water users farmers and ranchers who need reliable irrigation water, communities whose drinking water supplies have been impacted by wildfire and those who enjoy casting a line in our streams,” Colorado River District Director of Strategic Partnerships Amy Moyer said. “We’re excited to see these projects and the Partnership Project Funding Program take shape to benefit West Slope communities.”
Forrest Czarnecki Kira Puntenney-Desmond, left, and David Peterson, right, with Colorado State University check stream gauges on seasonal streams in the Poudre Canyon west of Fort Collins in September 2020. The pair works with the university to track and record seasonal stream flows in the largest river system in the northern part of the state, which are an important part of water supplies. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Gazette)
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