Arkansas River

Sep 17, 2024 | watereducationcolorado.org | Jim O'Donnell |Arkansas River |Instream Flow

The first comprehensive book ever written about Colorado’s beleaguered Fountain Creek, what we can learn and where we go from here. For Water Education Colorado readers Torrey House Press is offering a discount for preorders made prior to October 20, 224. Use discount code PUBLICLANDS at checkout.Preorder Fountain Creek here: https://www.torreyhouse.org/fountain-creek Three geese scooted the creek then veered towards a mass of cattails.

May 2, 2024 | watereducationcolorado.org | Jerd Smith |Arkansas River |South Platte

Fast-growing Aurora plans to develop a new 200-acre site high in scenic Park County to build the largest reservoir in its system. The $600 million-plus Wild Horse Reservoir project would store 93,000 acre-feet of water and be nearly twice the size of the city’s existing Park County storage pond, Spinney Mountain Reservoir, which holds 53,651 acre-feet of water. An acre-foot equals nearly 326,000 gallons of water, enough to serve at least two to four urban households for one year.

Feb 8, 2023 | watereducationcolorado.org | Allen Best |Arkansas River

Two proposed pumped water storage projects that could expand Colorado’s ability to store renewable energy – one in Fremont County and another between Hayden and Craig in the Yampa River Valley – are moving forward. Colorado will need green energy storage of some type if it is to attain its mid-century goals of 100% renewable energy. Solar and wind power are highly variable and cannot be turned off and on, like coal and natural gas plants are.