Reservoirs /tags/reservoirs Reservoirs en-US Copyright 皇冠网址/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:35:00 GMT A proposal to supply enough water for a half-million new Colorado residents just cleared a major hurdle. Here鈥檚 what鈥檚 next /podcast/inthenoco/2025-03-20/a-proposal-to-supply-enough-water-for-a-half-million-new-colorado-residents-just-cleared-a-major-hurdle-heres-whats-next A massive new reservoir project in Northern Colorado has cleared a final hurdle, more than two decades after it was originally proposed. Today on In The NoCo, 皇冠网址鈥檚 water reporter Alex Hager explains how this will supply enough water for a half-million new residents in fast-growing communities in the region 鈥� and why some environmental advocates opposed the project. Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:35:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2025-03-20/a-proposal-to-supply-enough-water-for-a-half-million-new-colorado-residents-just-cleared-a-major-hurdle-heres-whats-next In The NoCo, Erin O'Toole, Alex Hager, Brad Turner Toxic algae is on the rise as summer heat bakes Northern Colorado /news/2023-08-02/toxic-algae-is-on-the-rise-as-summer-heat-bakes-northern-colorado Toxic blue-green algae has forced Colorado Parks and Wildlife to close swimming areas at some lakes and reservoirs in the area. Wed, 02 Aug 2023 22:33:57 GMT /news/2023-08-02/toxic-algae-is-on-the-rise-as-summer-heat-bakes-northern-colorado Alex Hager Upper Basin states want to pause some releases from a major Colorado River reservoir /environment/2023-02-27/upper-basin-states-want-to-pause-some-releases-from-a-major-colorado-river-reservoir Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico are asking the Bureau of Reclamation to pause water releases at Flaming Gorge Reservoir, which has been used to help prop up Lake Powell. Tue, 28 Feb 2023 02:48:00 GMT /environment/2023-02-27/upper-basin-states-want-to-pause-some-releases-from-a-major-colorado-river-reservoir Alex Hager Lake Powell is critically low, and still shrinking. Here鈥檚 what happens next /environment/2022-04-15/lake-powell-is-critically-low-and-still-shrinking-heres-what-happens-next Lake Powell is is strained by more than two decades of drought, and its water levels are dipping dangerously low. The reservoir passed an important threshold. Water levels went below 3,525 feet 鈥� the last major milestone before a threat to hydropower generation at the Glen Canyon Dam. What's next for the nation's second-largest reservoir? Fri, 15 Apr 2022 18:43:49 GMT /environment/2022-04-15/lake-powell-is-critically-low-and-still-shrinking-heres-what-happens-next Alex Hager What does it take to build a massive new reservoir? A lot of time, trucks, and rock /environment/2022-03-10/what-does-it-take-to-build-a-massive-new-reservoir-a-lot-of-time-trucks-and-rock The Chimney Hollow reservoir will include the tallest dam built in the U.S. in 25 years, but critics ask if there will be enough water to keep it filled. Wed, 09 Mar 2022 23:13:27 GMT /environment/2022-03-10/what-does-it-take-to-build-a-massive-new-reservoir-a-lot-of-time-trucks-and-rock Alex Hager How Wildfires May Muck Up The West鈥檚 Reservoirs /science/2019-09-24/how-wildfires-may-muck-up-the-wests-reservoirs Reservoirs can get messy after a big wildfire. The issue isn鈥檛 the fire itself, it鈥檚 what happens after. Ash deposits can make the ground repel water鈥� Tue, 24 Sep 2019 17:00:56 GMT /science/2019-09-24/how-wildfires-may-muck-up-the-wests-reservoirs Rae Ellen Bichell Colorado River Reservoirs Start Water Year At Lowest Point Since Filled /environment/2018-10-16/colorado-river-reservoirs-start-water-year-at-lowest-point-since-filled Key reservoirs along the Colorado River are collectively at their lowest point at the start of a new water year since the last one filled nearly 40 years鈥� Tue, 16 Oct 2018 20:31:34 GMT /environment/2018-10-16/colorado-river-reservoirs-start-water-year-at-lowest-point-since-filled Luke Runyon Flood Waters Fundamentally Changed The Front Range -- In Landscape And Human Tragedy /environment/2018-09-11/flood-waters-fundamentally-changed-the-front-range-in-landscape-and-human-tragedy Five years ago flood waters caused immense damage along Colorado鈥檚 northern Front Range and foothills, killing nine people, upending the lives of鈥� Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:00:00 GMT /environment/2018-09-11/flood-waters-fundamentally-changed-the-front-range-in-landscape-and-human-tragedy Luke Runyon Environmental Groups Sue In Attempt To Halt Windy Gap Water Diversion /environment/2017-10-26/environmental-groups-sue-in-attempt-to-halt-windy-gap-water-diversion In an attempt to halt the construction of Chimney Hollow Reservoir outside Loveland, and the diversion of Western Slope water to the Front Range,鈥� Thu, 26 Oct 2017 18:25:02 GMT /environment/2017-10-26/environmental-groups-sue-in-attempt-to-halt-windy-gap-water-diversion Luke Runyon As Climate Change Pushes Runoff Earlier, Water And Colorado Ag No Longer Cleanly Overlap /environment/2016-07-20/as-climate-change-pushes-runoff-earlier-water-and-colorado-ag-no-longer-cleanly-overlap At Ollin Farms in Longmont, Mark Guttridge is transitioning from spring crops to vegetables that will ripen in late summer and early fall. Having water鈥� Wed, 20 Jul 2016 13:00:52 GMT /environment/2016-07-20/as-climate-change-pushes-runoff-earlier-water-and-colorado-ag-no-longer-cleanly-overlap Maeve Conran