denver water
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Why is Aurora in drought, but not Denver?
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While the city of Aurora already implemented drought restrictions for 2023, next door, the city of Denver doesn’t expect to declare a drought this year. The tale of two cities left some in Aurora scratching their heads, and the city’s drought restrictions garnered pushback from at least two of the city’s councilmembers. Aurora poised to…
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Denver Water’s Jim Lochhead to step down
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Jim Lochhead, Denver Water’s CEO and manager, announced Thursday he plans to step down from the utility once the board of water commissioners finds a successor. Lochhead, a legend in the Colorado water community, has led the utility since 2010. The water utility’s board plans to conduct a national search for his replacement. “It is with deep,…
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Water district plans for new filtration system to eliminate ‘forever’ chemicals, follow EPA advisory
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The South Adams County Water and Sanitation District plans to build a new filtration system to catch “forever chemicals” that may be undetectable, even as the district noted that the Environmental Protection Agency has “moved the goalposts.” The district said it hired a leading environmental and construction services firm, Brown and Caldwell, to design a new…
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Denver plans to create one consolidated bill for city-operated utilities, audit reveals
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Denver will create one consolidated utility bill for its residents, including composting, stormwater and possibly trash and sewer, according to an audit released Monday on the city’s services with Denver Water. The consolidated bill will include all city-operated utilities, and water bills would still be through Denver Water, the audit revealed. Citing the city’s plans,…
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Colorado approves airborne, high-tech measuring system for snow water
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Colorado has approved a $1.9 million snow-measuring initiative based on NASA technology that will help communities across the state better measure and forecast how much water each winter’s mountain snowpack is likely to generate, using planes equipped with sophisticated measuring devices. The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) has been testing the accuracy of the flight-based…
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BEST OF COPO 2018 | John Hickenlooper’s legacy of water
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Colorado Politics is taking a look back at some of our most significant and compelling stories of 2018. This story originally was published June 19. Gov. John Hickenlooper leaves office on Jan. 8, 2019, after eight years of service as governor. He may be best remembered for guiding the state through its growing pains over…
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Jessica Brody tapped as Denver Water’s chief lawyer
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Denver Water announced this week that Jessica Brody will be the utility’s new general counsel, succeeding Patti Wells, who announced in February that she planned to retire when a replacement was on board. Wells had been a lawyer for Denver Water since 1991. Brody comes over from the Denver City Attorney’s Office, where she has been assistant…
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COVER STORY: Hickenlooper’s legacy of water
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Gov. John Hickenlooper leaves office on Jan. 8, 2019, after eight years of service as governor. He may be best remembered for guiding the state through its growing pains over the legalization of recreational marijuana, but he leaves another legacy as well: Water. In a fast-growing state that places greater demands on its water supply…
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Bill to use toilet water for toilet flushing headed to the Colorado governor
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nASBlrd3pgc Colorado’s future source of potentially significant water savings is already swirling the bowl, but not the legislation to advance it. The state Senate on Tuesday passed House Bill 1069 to allow the state Water Quality Control Commission to continue working on rules for the reuse of reclaimed water. That starts with using a lower…
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Denver partners with its ‘River Sister’ in Mexico to protect Colorado River
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DENVER – The Colorado River runs through both – or, at least, near both – Denver and San Luis Río Colorado, Mexico. That makes them river sisters. More precisely, a new partnership signed last week to strengthen protections and restoration of the vital body of water makes them river sisters. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock signed…
