Owns the water
State law and the state engineer's office decide who has the right to a stream in a given year.
Water provider · local
Denver Water
Colorado's oldest and largest water utility, serving Denver and surrounding suburbs with water collected from the South Platte, Blue, Fraser, and Williams Fork river basins.
Local to Metro, South Platte, Colorado
Their role in the four decisions
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Plans ahead
Basin roundtables and statewide planning set priorities for supply, rivers, and agriculture.
Pays for the work
State grant programs and statewide funds pay for most local water projects.
Does it on the ground
Denver Water does the on-the-ground work: delivering, treating, restoring, or monitoring water locally.
Neighborhood
Who they work with
Each relationship below is read off a public page, not inferred.
partners with Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Colorado.
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