Friday, January 6, 2006

Aurora deal to be permanent? Here's an article from the Pueblo Chieftain with details about a proposed agreement between Aurora and the High Line Canal. From the article, "Aurora and the High Line Canal are seeking to make temporary exchange rights associated with recent leases permanent. A joint filing last week in Division 2 Water Court in Pueblo seeks to make exchanges from the Canal's headgate east of Boone to points upstream, including Lake Pueblo, Twin Lakes and Turquoise Lake. The filing also includes reservoirs planned by Aurora, but not yet built, including a gravel pit storage reservoir east of Pueblo on land owned by Lafarge Corp. and the proposed Box Creek Reservoir in Lake County. It also includes conditional exchange rights for the entire canal, not just the 38 percent that was leased to Aurora in 2004 and 2005. Colorado Springs bought half of the lease for $2.2 million last year." Category: Colorado Water 7:19:20 AM     Sewage in Fountain Creek Colorado Springs just can't keep their sludge out of Fountain Creek, according to the Pueblo Chieftain. From the article, "An estimated 44,400 gallons of raw sewage spilled into Fountain Creek on Thursday after a sewer main in Colorado Springs became plugged during repairs to another part of the wastewater system nearby." Category: Colorado Water 7:13:51 AM     Dry in Southwest Colorado While Northern Colorado has been inundated with great snowfall over the last two months the Southwestern mountains are way behind normal. Here's a story from the Cortez Journal with the details. They write, "Regional weather observer Jim Andrus reported that December in and around Cortez chimed in with only 0.06 of an inch of precipitation, which is just 7 percent of the month's 30-year average, 0.90 of an inch. In November, he said, moisture totaled 0.20 of an inch or 17 percent of normal, 1.18 inches...As of Tuesday, automated weather or 'snow-tel' sites in the Dolores River Basin appeared well below normal. El Diente Peak was at 73 percent of average with 4.7 inches of snow-water equivalent, Lizard Head Pass came in at 86 percent and 6.1 inches, Lone Cone had 61 percent and 4.9 inches, and Scotch Creek was near 61 percent with 3.1 inches." Category: Colorado Water 6:42:09 AM

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