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New study confirms Marshall Fire contaminated drinking water, but the response prevented a crisis
The disaster adds to a growing body of evidence on the need for better wildfire water safety guidelines.
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52 days without reliable running water: Did Colorado’s mobile home protections work for Summit County?
Local and state officials said a state agency designed to safeguard the rights of mobile home residents could have acted faster even as the end result showed its enforcement capabilities were successful.
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Upper Colorado River officials release details of water savings program
Upper Colorado River basin officials have released details of a conservation program that would pay water users to reduce their use of Colorado River water, with the goal of implementing it as soon as this summer. “Anyone who is proposing…
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Colorado water users, environmentalists brace for changes as EPA, Supreme Court weigh wetland rules
The U.S. Supreme Court could issue a new ruling as early as January as the EPA prepares to finalize its own new regulations later this year.
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Month in Review | September 2022
A comprehensive review of some of the main events north of the 104th, Boulder County, and the surrounding area all within the past month.
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Tribal breakthrough? Four states, six tribes announce first formal talks on Colorado River negotiating authority
Colorado and three other Upper Colorado River Basin states have, for the first time in history, embarked on a series of formal meetings to find a way to negotiate jointly with some of the largest owners of Colorado River water…
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Don’t call it a ‘drought’: Climate scientist Brad Udall views Colorado River crisis as the beginning of aridification
The generous monsoon season along the Upper Basin of the Colorado River has been a relief to those who remember recent summers suffocated by wildfire smoke in the American West. But according to Brad Udall, senior water and climate research…
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Business as usual for the Colorado River
What's become clear is that the Lower Basin state cannot rely on stored water in Lake Powell and Lake Mead for much longer. As the can gets kicked further down the road, drastic cuts will be necessary. They will be…
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Ditches are a vanishing paradise
In the arid West, there's nothing more fun for kids and walkers than a ditch. Thousands of ditches diverted from rivers create ribbons of green life throughout the region. But as the climate becomes drier, ditches are disappearing, and the…
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The Colorado River has come alive even as it ebbs
Water expert Char Miller says the Colorado River's delta with Mexico has slowly been coming back to life, but he worries that with more water needed to prop up Mead and Powell reservoirs, the delta will again dry up, harming…
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