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According to their mission statement, the agency . administers water rights, issues water well permits, represents Colorado in interstate water compact proceedings, monitors streamflow and water use, approves construction and repair of dams and performs dam safety inspections, issues licenses for well drillers and assures the safe and proper construction of water wells, and maintains numerous ...
View of Lake Granby (front) and Shadow Mountain Lake, the primary West Slope reservoirs Waterpipes near Flatiron Reservoir in Larimer County. The Colorado–Big Thompson Project (abbreviated C-BT) is a federal water diversion project in Colorado designed to collect West Slope mountain water from the headwaters of the Colorado River and divert it to Colorado's Front Range and plains.
In December 1948, the state governments of Colorado and Kansas signed the Arkansas River Compact, an agreement governing the two states' access to the river's water, including John Martin Reservoir. [9] In 1980, the states developed a plan allocating 60% of the reservoir's water to Colorado and 40% to Kansas.
The location of the State of Colorado in the United States of America. The Gunnison River in the Black Canyon. This is a list of drainage basins in the U.S. State of Colorado. Colorado encompasses the headwaters of several important rivers. The state is divided into two major hydrographic regions by the Continental Divide of the Americas.
The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) operates as a division of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources.The Colorado legislature founded the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) through the passage of House Bill no. 6 [permanent dead link ] in 1937 for the "purpose of aiding in the protection and development of the waters of the state".
In 2022, the Colorado Department of Natural Resources announced its Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program Workforce Development Grant, moving $17.5 million state stimulus dollars to start work on fuels reduction projects and increase Colorado’s capacity to conduct critical forest restoration and wildfire mitigation work.
The Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) is the principal department of the Colorado state government [2] responsible for local government assistance, property taxation, property assessment appeals, affordable housing, and housing construction regulation.
The Colorado Department of Revenue (DOR) is a state agency in Colorado. The department collects most types of taxes and issues state identification cards and driver licenses and also enforces Colorado laws regarding gaming , liquor, tobacco, racing, auto dealers, and marijuana.