The term "aridification" has far different implications than "drought."| Esquire
Douglas County commissioners decided they couldn’t use federal COVID relief money to pump water from the south, but will continue to consider the controversial water project.| Colorado Public Radio
Communities in the San Luis Valley worry how pumping water out could impact ranchers and farmers, as well as the wetlands that migratory sandhill cranes visit.| Colorado Public Radio
The subdistrict and its parent Rio Grande Water Conservation District have been under pressure to bring the unconfined aquifer of the Upper Rio Grande Basin to a sustainable level or face curtailment of wells. The San Luis Valley has two aquifers – one unconfined and one confined.In the draft of its new plan, which is the fourth amendment to the subdistrict’s Plan of Water Management, Subdistrict 1 members spell out the situation with the unconfined aquifer.| Alamosa Citizen