Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, SB19-085, was signed into law on May 22, 2019. The law allows employees to bring a civil lawsuit alleging wage discrimination based on the employee’s sex. Previously, enforcement of wage discrimination complaints were handled by Colorado’s director of the division of labor standards and statistics.

More than 1.4 million residents today depend on Denver Water to deliver safe and reliable water, as will many of the projected 7.7 million who will call Colorado home by 2040. The Gross Reservoir project, expected to be complete in 2025, will raise the height of the existing dam by 131 feet, which will allow the capacity of the reservoir to nearly triple and store 119,000-acre feet of water.