/tags/reservoirs Reservoirs en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 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 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, KUNC’s water reporter Alex Hager explains how this will supply enough water for a half-million new residents in fast-growing communities in the region – 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 /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 /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 /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 – 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 /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 /science/2019-09-24/how-wildfires-may-muck-up-the-wests-reservoirs Reservoirs can get messy after a big wildfire. The issue isn’t the fire itself, it’s what happens after. Ash deposits can make the ground repel water… Tue, 24 Sep 2019 17:00:56 GMT /science/2019-09-24/how-wildfires-may-muck-up-the-wests-reservoirs Rae Ellen Bichell /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… 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 /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’s northern Front Range and foothills, killing nine people, upending the lives of… 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 /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,… 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 /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… 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