Nam HendersonRE: https://mstdn.social/@coloradosun/116240174495795699
"About 90% of the water consumed in Colorado goes to the agricultural sector" re: #WaterintheWest
"The Colorado River headwaters’ snowpack sat at 66% of the median for this time of year on Monday — the lowest recorded level since measurements began in 1986...Other regions in the basin have fared better. Basinwide, precipitation amounts are similar to those recorded last season." https://www.denverpost.com/2026/03/09/colorado-river-drought-forecast-lake-powell/ re: #WaterintheWest
"The shortage marks the difference between existing funding for water projects, generated through severance taxes and other sources, and the cost of projects the state has identified as necessary to make sure Colorado has enough water in coming years." https://coloradosun.com/2026/01/30/colorado-water-projects-funding-shortfall/ via @coloradosun re: #WaterintheWest
RE: https://mas.to/@namhenderson/115920151815507545
+ "For now, none of the federal alternatives seem popular in any state, and the possibility of litigation is high, Wolff and other experts said." #WaterintheWest
"The water rights connected to the plant are the oldest major water rights on the main stem of the Colorado River, which means that they must be fulfilled before any rights established afterward. Those include more junior rights held by Front Range utilities to divert water from the river and bring it under the Continental Divide to their customers" https://www.denverpost.com/2025/11/20/colorado-river-shoshone-water-rights-vote/ re: #WaterintheWest
Historic Colorado River deal to conserve flows advances after winning key approval from state water board
“The importance of today’s vote cannot be overstated as a legacy decision for Colorado water and the Western Slope,” said Andy Mueller, general manager of the Colorado River District.
"The state’s snowpack is off to a slow start...Statewide precipitation was at 92% of normal as of Nov. 18...Most of that precipitation, however, came as rain...In each of Colorado’s major river basins, the snowpack still hovered between 20% and 33% of their 30-year norms as of mid-November. Zooming out across the West, snowpack wasn’t much better anywhere else... As of Tuesday, 1.3% of the state showed signs of extreme drought." https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/27/colorado-holiday-weekend-snow-slow-start-winter/ via @coloradosun re: #WaterintheWest
“the river’s meandering ribbon ties together its more recent significance — as an engine for agriculture and, gradually, recreation — with a complicated history of westward expansion and native displacement from the water’s once heavily timbered banks that extended more than 60 miles west toward La Junta.” https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/02/arkansas-river-lamar-big-timbers-colorado-history/ via @coloradosun re: #BigTimbers #IndigenousLandscapes #WaterintheWest + more
