Tourist haven Grand Lake asks state to intervene in federal water quality stalemate
Grand County officials are searching for ways to prevent harmful algae blooms and weed growth in Grand Lake.
Hard water: In these metro neighborhoods, few drink the tap water. Can trust in...
Some Colorado residents have been experiencing drinking water contamination for years. When the water will be safe to drink is unknown.
Citizens across the country are questioning, and sometimes fighting, chloramines in drinking water
People are fighting against disinfectants in their drinking water that cause rashes, breathing problems and more.
Study: Colorado’s water still affordable, but that may change as COVID-19 stresses utilities
Western states are still able to provide relatively affordable water, but that could change as utilities try to recoup losses associated with the pandemic and begin to pay for the massive repairs and upgrades to their systems that were on the drawing board before COVID-19 struck.
Well water throughout California contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
These chemicals are everywhere. They last forever. They’re expensive to get rid of. And many Californians don’t even know they’re drinking them.
Polis signs five major water bills into law: instream flows, anti-speculating, and more
Colorado enacted five major pieces of water legislation, including providing more water for environmental flows and studying how to limit water speculation.
State inspections lag for New Mexico’s primary drinking water source
New Mexico is behind in water inspections for the third year in a row, leaving water quality in question.
Once ‘paradise,’ parched Colorado valley grapples with arsenic in water
Decades of climate change-driven drought, combined with the overpumping of aquifers, is making the valley desperately dry — and appears to be intensifying the levels of heavy metals in drinking water.
As more sanitation districts test wastewater for COVID-19, questions remain on interpreting the data
Wastewater can inform public health departments of new variants in the community, but the data collected is still inconclusive.
Heading to the lake? Colorado trying new tools, including P-Free lawns, to combat toxic...
Colorado water officials hope to combat algae blooms caused by rising temperatures and an increased use of phosphorus-laced lawn fertilizers.