Health

Grand County officials are searching for ways to prevent harmful algae blooms and weed growth in Grand Lake.

Water utilities initiated emergency action plans, asking hundreds of employees to work from home to limit the virus’ spread and to help protect the workers needed to operate water treatment and delivery systems.

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.

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.

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

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

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

For the last two years, Robin Daigle has had to boil her tap water before pouring it in ice cube trays.  She boils tap water if she needs it to...

Scientists fear that eventually the toxic residue of more than a century of agricultural runoff will be blown into the air — and into the lungs of residents.

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