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South Denver Metro Shares Lessons on Path to Sustainable Water Future
By Eric Hecox This month the South Metro Water Supply Authority, with our technical consultants CH2M, released a comprehensive assessment of the South Denver Metro region’s water future. The study...
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Solutions for Drinking Water Contamination Issues in Colorado Springs Area
The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) has ensured the safety of public drinking water supplies throughout the nation. As part of the federal program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets...
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Expanding the Role of Reclaimed Water
One of the main resources needed by any garden, including Denver Urban Gardens‘ (DUG) community gardens, is water. Since 1985, DUG has been working in the Denver Metro area to create sustainable,...
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Valuing Water
When we don’t witness water treatment plants in action, infrastructure being maintained and the sale and trade of water rights, it can be easy to forget that the cost of water involves more than our...
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2017 New Year’s Resolution: Invest in Water Quality to Invest in Your Health
By Trisha Oeth, Commission Administrator, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Water Quality Control Commission The views represented are those held by the author and do not...
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What’s in the Water?
Photo Credit: Jonas Bergsten There is a high likelihood that at some point in your life, you have used a product containing fluoride. Many of us have memories of fluoride treatments at the dentist’s...
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A Plan for Our Drinking Water
Photo Credit: USDA In 2012, city officials in Flint, Michigan, began to investigate the possibility of saving money by switching water providers. Projecting a savings of $200 million over the course of...
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A Single Drop
Photo Credit: Louise Docker Each year brings warnings of drought and with it, the implementation of water conservation measures. How do climatologists know if a lack of precipitation is a drought...
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The Runoff Conundrum
When a summer storm crosses the eastern plains, drowning farmlands in a deluge, more than water ends up flowing into Colorado’s rivers, lakes and streams. On April 13, 2017, the Colorado Foundation for...
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The Internet of Water
Courtesy of Ximeg of Wikimedia Turning on the tap seems so mundane, between the dishes, the washing machine, taking a shower, and simply getting a glass of water, most people don’t think twice about...
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