After some lean water years, Cheesman Reservoir is spilling over as the river hits peak flows in June. "We did have a dry spell from 2020, 2021, 2022," said Nathan Elder of Denver Water. In most ...

Carp in the South Platte River that runs through metro Denver generally weigh eight to twelve pounds. Some larger ones can top the scales at twenty plus pounds. Carp can be particular in their ...

Denver’s dreams of a South Platte River with plenty of water and healthy fish advanced this week as utility officials and state biologists unveiled details of a project to revitalize a 40-mil… ...

As the first dam on the Colorado River, Laguna Dam was a turning point in Western development. Completed in 1909, it reshaped water use in the Southwest and paved the way for the 14 dams that followed ...

DENVER (CBS4) - June 16 marks 50 years since a deadly flood tore through the South Platte River Basin of Colorado's Front Range and Eastern Plains, killing 21 people and causing more than $540 ...

The reservoir is located in Waterton Canyon in Littleton. It's part of the South Platte River Collection System. That means 80 percent of Denver’s drinking water passes through this small lake.

Denver's dreams of a South Platte River with plenty of water and healthy fish advanced last week as utility officials and state biologists unveiled details of a project to revitalize a 40-mile ...

Water flows through a 607-foot-long diversion on the South Platte River on Oct. 4, 2023. Crews had to divert water so they could take down the Lake George Dam one half at a time, and remove 17,000 ...

But another Denver fisherman, who grew up eating his catch in Iowa, said it “seems like I would be able to eat the fish out of the Platte River that you would catch just right downtown.” ...

To create something similar on the South Platte, Riordon, who's president of the Colorado River Surfers Association, hopes to connect with other stakeholders to apply for a grant from the Metro ...

Under sunny, dry skies, temperatures reached the 90s in Littleton and Denver on June 16, 2016. On June 16, 1965, South Platte River crested after three straight days of rain, which pushed flood ...

Colorado bracing for floods with rivers swelling, snow still melting Construction of Strontia Springs was completed by Denver Water in 1983. The dam stands 243 feet above the South Platte River.