US EditionJudge orders Denver Water to halt expansion of Gross Reservoir over flawed environmental permitting
- A federal judge has halted the expansion of the Gross Reservoir dam due to flawed environmental permits.
- The expansion project faced opposition from six environmental groups regarding its impact on wetlands.
- Judge Christine Arguello noted that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wrongfully eliminated alternatives to avoid disturbing wetlands and failed to adequately assess climate change impacts.
- Denver Water plans to appeal the judge's decision, arguing that it impacts public safety.
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Colorado Politics
Denver GazetteFederal judge orders no further construction on Gross Reservoir project
A federal judge on Thursday blocked Denver Water from continuing any further construction on the long-planned expansion of a Boulder County reservoir, and in the process tore into the entity for its cavalier approach to the project.
Denver Post
Broomfield EnterpriseJudge orders Denver Water to halt expansion of Gross Reservoir over flawed environmental permitting
Denver Water must stop construction on the $531-million Gross Dam expansion project already underway after a federal judge found that assessments of how the project would impact the environment were flawed.
Work on half-built Gross Dam halted
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