Health

Two non-profit groups in Crested Butte work to clean up waters still polluted from the Keystone and Standard mines.

One year after it launched one of the largest lead treatment programs in the United States, Denver Water is slightly ahead of schedule.

About one-third of Navajo Nation residents lack running water in their homes and water pollution remains a serious issue in the region. We talk to Kaitlin Harris of DigDeep’s Navajo Water Project about solutions to these pressing problems.

A synthetic chemical’s appearance in public water supply wells raises questions of how to protect the public from unknown health hazards.

Journalist Heather Hansman floated the Green River to explore water issues in the American West, then wrote a fascinating book about her journey.

Brad Lancaster, author and expert on water harvesting, explains how to make the most of rainfall and greywater to stretch local supplies.

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.

Colorado’s virus-related restrictions are forcing commercial rafting companies to create social distance on unruly rivers and face the potential for smaller crowds.

Julia Bernal, director of the Pueblo Action Alliance, talks to Water Desk Director Mitch Tobin about the legacy of colonialism in New Mexico and its impact on water issues.

The Colorado health department is investigating a plume causing high levels of forever chemicals in the raw water supply of Adams County.