Colorado Water Quality Control Commission
March 20, 2009--Health of Eagle River in question in Vail Valley (Vail Daily)
The number of brown trout in the Eagle River in Avon has dropped since 2005 and the health of a once badly polluted stretch near Minturn in Colorado's Vail Valley is again in question.
January 2,2009--PRPA on fast track to remove mercury (LaPorte North Forty News)
The Platte River Power Authority has begun the costly process of reducing mercury emissions from its Rawhide Energy Station north of Wellington.
August 16, 2008--Fountain Creek authority appears closer (Pueblo Chieftain)
A committee is moving closer to forming an authority to spearhead physical improvements to Fountain Creek.
July 16, 2008--Water quality panel upholds stricter oversight of Fountain (Pueblo Chieftain)
The Colorado Water Quality Control Commission voted 7-2 Tuesday to continue stepped-up oversight of Fountain Creek. The ruling, which was not to designate the creek a "use-protected" stream, essentially upholds a commission decision a year ago to impose stricter management of the creek.
June 15, 2008--State wants cleaner water filtration (Pueblo Chieftain)
Membrane filtration, on the scale used by cities in reverse osmosis operations, results in a briny solution that represents an increasing headache for water providers. If released to streams, the brine can reduce water quality and regulations are tightening.
June 14, 2008--Eagle River will be cleaner, not pristine (Vail Daily)
Newly approved water quality standards won’t lead to a pristine Eagle River, but should mean less toxic metal in the water and possibly healthier trout.
June 13, 2008--Iliff Town Council hears about EPA lagoon requirements (Sterling Journal Advocate)
At the town meeting here Wednesday, Brad Simons from OIsson Associates, based in Lincoln, Neb., talked to the council members about the Environmental Protection Agency’s requirements for updating the town’s sewage lagoons.
May 31, 2008--Ritter names members to wildlife, water quality panels (Denver Post)
Ritter has also appointed three new members of the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission. They are Peter Butler of Durango, who was on the water panel from 1996 to 1999; attorney Jill Harris McConaughy of Glenwood Springs; and Janelle Barrilleaux of Golden, director of environmental programs for Denver's Department of Aviation.
March 13, 2008--Recycling prescription drugs would save money, water (Summit Daily News)
A Thornton lawmaker says a bill that would require pharmacies to take back hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of unused prescription drugs each year would save the state money and protect public water supplies. Democratic Rep.
February 13, 2008--State adds area lakes to violator list (Loveland Reporter Herald)
Mercury levels in fish spurred state officials to add Carter Lake, Boyd Lake and Horsetooth Reservoir to a list of water that does not meet federal standards. The Colorado Water Quality Control Commission preliminarily added the three lakes to the list Monday and is expected to do so formally March 11.
