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US Supreme Court settles long-running water dispute over dwindling Rio Grande | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
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NEW MEXICO Rio Grande settlement OK’d ALBUQUERQUE — The U.S. Supreme Court has approved a settlement package designed to rein in groundwater pumping along one of North America’s longest rivers and ensure enough water reliably makes it from New Mexico to Texas, ending a long-running dispute over management of the Rio Grande. In a brief…
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Colorado’s age-old water doctrine pushed to the brink by drought
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Editor’s Note: This story is a collaborative report by Fresh Water News working with nine other Colorado news outlets. In Evans, four miles south of Greeley, houses are shooting up. Once a quiet farm town, Evans is scrambling to come up with enough water to slake the thirst of hundreds of new homeowners, drawn here…
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Lawsuit over proposed Colorado ski resort gets hearing
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A federal judge is set to hear arguments in the case involving the proposed construction of a resort near a ski area in southern Colorado. The Durango Herald reports the hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday in Denver. Environmental groups have sued to halt a land swap that would allow construction of the development after…