Environment

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Environment

CSU-backed study puts steep price tag on Republican River groundwater curtailment

A CSU-backed analysis found a basin-wide halt to groundwater pumping in Colorado’s Republican River basin could cut annual regional revenue by $656 million to $1.53 billion. The estimate adds urgency to a 2029 deadline to retire 25,000 irrigated acres in the South Fork Focus Zone.

Government

Colorado lawmakers have options for severance-tax water funding, but no chosen fix yet

A draft Colorado Water Center report outlined eight ways to stabilize water and local-government funding now tied to volatile severance taxes. As of a June 25 legislative hearing, lawmakers had not backed a single plan or set a timetable for one.