Purchase of Shoshone Water Rights
Sector: Water Supply and Storage • Location: Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States
Source: Craig Daily Press
The Colorado River District has secured a $40 million award from the Bureau of Reclamation to purchase the Shoshone Water Rights from Xcel Energy. This funding is part of a larger $98.5 million deal aimed at ensuring the river's historic in-stream flows continue, regardless of the future of the Shoshone Power Plant.
- Status
- Closed
- Sector
- Water Supply and Storage, Power Generation (CCGT), Government
- Location
- Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States of America
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- Craig Daily Press
ConstructChat
Ask ConstructChat about Purchase of Shoshone Water Rights
Pick a question to edit it, or write your own.
First answer free · no account
Project Information FAQ
Project Information
Participants
Sponsoring Agency |
Status
Original status | Awarded |
Taiyo status | Closed |
Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
Contact
| Not available for this record. |
Description
Description | The Colorado River District has secured a $40 million award from the Bureau of Reclamation to purchase the Shoshone Water Rights from Xcel Energy. This funding is part of a larger $98.5 million deal aimed at ensuring the river's historic in-stream flows continue, regardless of the future of the Shoshone Power Plant. |
Original sector | Water |
Budget |
Location
Country | United States of America (USA) |
State | Colorado |
City | Glenwood Springs |
Source
Source | Craig Daily Press |
URL |
More Details
Record type | Project |
Sector | Water Supply and Storage, Power Generation (CCGT), Government |
Article published date | 2025-01-29 |
Research
Free account
View all details
You are reading the public part. A free account opens the rest:
- Every detail on this project
- News and media coverage
- Technical research
Free account · no card · lands you back on this project
More Water Supply and Storage projects in United States
- Union Power Project El Dorado AR
- Queen Elizabeth Way Widening
- Kosciuszko Bridge Replacement Project, New York, US
- Route 141 Improvement, St. Louis, Missouri
- Virginia’s Smart Road
- SR539 Guide Meridian Ten Mile Road Roundabouts, USA
- Frederick Douglass-Susan B Anthony Memorial Bridge (formerly Troup Howell)
- Gilmerton Bridge Replacement Project