Colorado River Water Conservation District offers a compromise on Shoshone water deal

Colorado River Water Conservation District offers a compromise on Shoshone water deal

In an effort to head off concerns about the state’s role in a major Western Slope water deal, a Western Slope water district has offered up a compromise proposal to Front Range water providers.  To defuse what Colorado River Water Conservation District General Manager Andy Mueller called “an ugly contested hearing before the (Colorado Water Conservation Board),” the River District is proposing that the state water board take a neutral position o…