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Castle Rock overhauls water fees, cuts costs for smaller homes
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The Castle Rock Town Council unanimously approved changes Tuesday to how water system development fees are calculated, shifting to a model intended to reduce building costs for smaller homes. The update follows an analysis of hundreds of homes built under the town’s 2022 landscape regulations, which reduced the average monthly residential water consumption by approximately…
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Aurora lawmakers unanimously pass water shortage declaration, watering restrictions
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Aurora City Council members unanimously passed a Stage I Water Shortage declaration in Monday night’s meeting, putting restrictions on outdoor water use starting immediately. The shortage declaration imposes restrictions on outdoor watering for residents and businesses and reduces commercial user allocations, such as that for golf courses, by 20%, according to Aurora Water General Manager…
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Energy constraints loom larger than water for Colorado AI boom, experts say
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As artificial intelligence reshapes almost every sector of the economy, experts at this year’s Colorado Climate Week gathering in Boulder said it is also reshaping local physical infrastructure. From grid demand and water use to data center construction, scaling the necessary framework to support AI, they said, will be a challenge as experts and policymakers…
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Denver proposes yearlong moratorium on new data centers
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As Denver Water calls for a 20% reduction in water use during Stage 1 drought conditions, City Council members advanced a bill to rein in one of the largest water users — data centers — by proposing a yearlong moratorium on new construction and development. Should the proposed legislation be approved by the full City…
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Historic low snowpack prompts Denver Water move to Stage 1 restrictions
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Denver Water will ask its board to consider premium pricing for outdoor water use next month after the board declared Stage 1 drought conditions on Wednesday and approved mandatory watering restrictions. The restrictions include a 20% reduction in water use, effective immediately — the result of a historic low snowpack and early melt, Denver Water…
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Colorado plans to slash interim committee work amid budget woes
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In a tight-budget year, the work of interim committees — those off-session groups that look at transportation, agriculture, water, healthcare, wildfires, pensions, and anything else lawmakers want to look at — is on the chopping block. And this year, no committee is considered sacrosanct. A bill introduced Thursday by the legislative leadership from both parties…
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Colorado lawmakers mull competing bills on data centers
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A Colorado coalition of data center developers and operators is urging lawmakers to pass a proposal that offers tax breaks to attract large facilities, while calling a competing bill a major obstacle to new investment. Meanwhile, proponents of the latter proposal have maintained they don’t intend to ban, via regulation, the building of new data…
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Denver plans moratorium on new data centers
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As artificial intelligence drives the data center construction boom, building one in Denver is poised to get more complicated after Mayor Mike Johnston and members of the Denver City Council announced plans to impose a moratorium on new facilities. Under the plan, the city will review additional data-center-specific regulations targeting “responsible land, energy, and water…
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Aurora Water chooses new location for proposed reservoir amidst low snowpack year, water concerns
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Aurora Water selected a new proposed project site for a new reservoir, which will go in Park County to help the city plan for future growth and water needs. The Wild Horse Reservoir project is Aurora Water’s proposal to build an off-channel reservoir near Hartsel in Park County to ensure reliable water supply into the…
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US Rep. Lauren Boebert calls for override vote after Trump vetoes bipartisan Colorado water bill
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President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his second term Tuesday, blocking a long-awaited bipartisan effort to finish a southeastern Colorado water project that supporters say is critical to delivering clean drinking water to roughly 50,000 residents of the lower Arkansas Valley. The president described the project as economically not viable — and one…