Health

We talk to Laura Paskus, a journalist with New Mexico PBS, about her coverage of climate change and water issues in the state.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Wastewater can inform public health departments of new variants in the community, but the data collected is still inconclusive.

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

Colorado water officials hope to combat algae blooms caused by rising temperatures and an increased use of phosphorus-laced lawn fertilizers.