As Colorado grows and climate changes, the state will struggle with more water quality issues, the state’s top water quality official said Friday. “Most climate change models say there will be more pressure on state water resources,” said Steve Gunderson, director of the Colorado Water Quality Control Division. “That means more demand to use sources of water that are now marginal.” Gunderson’s comments came on the heels of “Water Under Pressure,” a report by Environment Colorado. The report said growth has reduced water quality in rivers by 21 percent and lakes by 31 percent over the last eight years. It recommends increasing staffing and funding of the division, which oversees stormwater and wastewater permits.

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