Owns the water
State law and the state engineer's office decide who has the right to a stream in a given year.
Government agency · local
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation — Eastern Colorado Area Office
Bureau of Reclamation area office for Colorado's eastern slope, managing the Colorado-Big Thompson and Fryingpan-Arkansas transbasin projects that deliver West Slope water to the South Platte and Arkansas basins.
Local to South Platte, Arkansas, Colorado
Their role in the four decisions
How to read U.S. Bureau of Reclamation — Eastern Colorado Area Office
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
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation — Eastern Colorado Area Office 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.
PARTNERSHIP
Reclamation's Eastern Colorado Area Office lists Colorado Parks and Wildlife among its partner agencies.
Source ↗PARTNERSHIP
Reclamation's Eastern Colorado Area Office names Northern Water as a partner in operating the Colorado-Big Thompson Project.
Source ↗Reclamation's Eastern Colorado Area Office names the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District as a partner on the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project.
Source ↗Source: public record ↗ · last verified: not recorded for this entry yet.
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