water supply
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El Paso County commissioners question how proposed water rule could affect future annexations
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El Paso County commissioners on Monday questioned how a proposed water rule in Colorado Springs could affect future annexations but received unclear answers from Colorado Springs Utilities representatives as the city considers the ordinance. Over the last four weeks Colorado Springs has mulled a proposed rule that would require the utility to have 130% of…
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Swift action needed in Colorado’s water stewardship: Panel
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Water experts agree: Without swift, collaborative and regionalized action, the cost of a failure to address water loss in our state will be “stunning.” A discussion hosted by The Common Sense Institute Wednesday centered on the future of water usage in Colorado and featured key findings in a new report. Kristin Strohm, the President and…
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? According to a study, the next US president better act fast on the Colorado River
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The next U.S. president will have to act quickly to chart a course so the Colorado River can continue supplying water to millions of city-dwellers, farmers, Indian tribes and recreational users in the Southwest, according to a university research study made public Monday. A survey of policy- and decision-makers by the University of Colorado concluded…
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Officials: Gold King mine spill didn’t affect drinking water
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New Mexico officials say the massive mine waste spill in southwestern Colorado last year did not impact the quality of drinking water for most San Juan County residents. The Farmington Daily Times reports that the New Mexico Environment Department’s Drinking Water Bureau informed the Gold King Mine Citizens’ Advisory Committee that though San Juan County public…
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Colorado: Water contamination likely came from military base
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Colorado health officials said it’s highly likely that trace amounts of toxic chemicals found in three drinking water systems came from firefighting foam used at a nearby Air Force base. The state Department of Public Health and Environment said Wednesday it hasn’t ruled out additional sources, but officials believe at least some of the chemicals came…
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Military: Colorado air base may have released toxic chemical
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The military says firefighting foam containing toxic chemicals may have been released from an Air Force base near two Colorado communities where the chemicals were detected in drinking water systems. Officials said Wednesday they identified six sites at Peterson Air Force Base where the foam may have escaped. They recommended a follow-up investigation. The foam contained perfluorinated…
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Feds see shortage in 2018 Lake Mead water to Arizona, Nevada
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Amid punishing drought, federal water managers projected Tuesday that – by a very narrow margin- the crucial Lake Mead reservoir on the Colorado River won’t have enough water to make full deliveries to Nevada and Arizona in 2018. A 24-month projection, issued on a day the largest reservoir on the closely controlled and monitored river was 36…
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New water project would increase supply for Denver residents
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The Front Range is in the midst of a population boom – as more than 100,000 new residents have moved to Colorado within the last year. With that, about 4,500 people a month are relocating to Denver and the metro region. Creating affordable housing for those new residents, or any housing for that matter, has…
