Scorching summer temperatures often send people looking for opportunities to cool off, and that can often be at lakes and streams. However public health officials warn […]
Connecting The Drops
Connecting the Drops: Local Communities Exert Control Over Water Projects Through Permit Process
Multiple water projects in Colorado are battling a permitting process designed to increase local control over development projects. KGNU’s Hannah Leigh Myers brings us this report […]
Connecting the Drops: The Fork Not Taken
For most of the 19th-century dam construction was the dominant solution to water issues in the United States. But in 1990 the Environmental Protection Agency vetoed […]
Connecting The Drops: What Not To Flush
“There really are downstream consequences from putting things down your drain that … ultimately impact water quality in the (South Platte) river.” Wastewater and municipal […]
Connecting the Drops – Climate Change Shortening the Ski Season
A recent study found that a changing climate could cut the length of ski season in half in some parts of the US by 2050, […]
Connecting the Drops: Leaking Mines Polluting Colorado Water
It’s been over 3 years since the Animas River near Durango in Southern Colorado turned orange as a result of the release of toxic chemicals from […]
Connecting the Drops: Expanding Water Re-Use in Colorado
The American West is grappling with a water crisis. The Colorado River Basin system is over allocated…that means more water is being drawn out of the […]
Connecting the Drops: Reusing Water – A Solution to Colorado’s Water Shortage?
Beer and wine made from purified wastewater are offering the public exposure to a type of water reuse with the potential to reshape water consumption in […]