Over the past three months, we’ve learned about how a pandemic can impact all aspects of our lives, including the critical systems that society depends on to sustain life…like clean water. In this edition of Connecting the Drops, KGNU’s Sam […]
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Connecting the Drops: Water Users on the Yampa Face Tighter Regulations
This story was recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists: Region 9 Mark of Excellence Awards 2019. Earlier this year, the seven US states that depend on the Colorado River made history by agreeing to find ways to reduce the […]
River Surfing Grows in Popularity in Colorado
2019 was a bumper year for recreation on Colorado Rivers. A bumper snow pack heading into summer saw record levels of snow melt raising water levels around the state. As a result, people flocked to rivers and streams to paddle, […]
Connecting the Drops: Hemp – A Drought Tolerant Crop?
Hemp is taking the Colorado agriculture industry by storm and gaining a reputation as a highly valuable, supposedly drought tolerant cash crop. But is the plant really as ideal for a state facing severe water scarcity as it’s being made […]
Connecting the Drops: Warm Temperatures Bring Concerns Over E. Coli in Rivers and Lakes
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 that warm weather also brings increased levels of bacteria in water ways, particularly E. […]
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 on 1041 powers and the role they’re playing in two controversial Colorado water use […]
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 the construction of the Two Forks dam, solidifying a decline in major dam construction […]
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 sewer systems around the country are dealing with a growing problem – people are […]