Tag: Colorado
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Colorado basin drought sparks water limits at huge US reservoir
“The only way to address these challenges and climate change is to utilize the best available science and to work co-operatively across the landscapes and communities that rely on the Colorado River.”
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Fresh Thinking: Freshwater Science Is Being Pioneered in Arizona
About 71 percent of the Earth is covered by water, and most of that is ocean. Only 2.5 percent is fresh water, and only a fraction of that—1 percent—is easily accessible. The world’s population of 7.6 billion is expected to grow to 9.8 billion by the year 2050, which means by that year, more than…
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Well water users warned, Air Force Academy finds toxic level of firefighting chemical
Air Force Academy firefighters training a quarter century ago released a torrent of toxic perfluorinated chemicals that seeped into groundwater and flowed into Monument Creek, a 15,000-page Air Force report released Friday shows. A series of tests by Air Force researchers showed groundwater had 1,000 times the level of perfluorinated compounds considered safe by state…
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The Town That Extended ‘Smart Growth’ to Its Water
Photo: The Rocky Mountains rise behind the Denver skyline. Charlie Riedel/AP As Western states grapple with drought, Westminster, Colorado, has become a model for its integration of water data into the planning process. As with so many towns in the West, the history of Westminster, Colorado, can be told through its water supply. The turning…
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What drought? These states are gearing up to draw more water from the Colorado.
Photo: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Wyoming wants to modify the Fontenelle Dam so it can use an extra 80,000 acre-feet of water from a tributary of the once-mighty Colorado River. At its headwaters, Denver Water hopes to expand a reservoir’s capacity by 77,000 acre-feet of water. And several hundred miles south, Utah is trying…
