Sewer
February 5, 2010--Towns' water and sewer needs are booming, but budgets, not so much (Denver Post)
A new coalition of civic, business and environmental leaders is warning that Colorado's water and sewer needs are still growing, but the budgets to get the projects done are not.
July 1, 2009--New plant will more than double district's capacity (Crested Butte News)
The effort to expand the Crested Butte South wastewater treatment plant is under way, with heavy equipment moving dirt and pumps removing water to prepare the site next to the East River for construction.
June 24, 2009--Pueblo West dips toe in river protection (Pueblo Chieftain)
While Pueblo West is fighting a Pueblo County condition requiring it to help protect the Arkansas River below Pueblo Dam, the metro district has agreed in the past to help maintain flows through Puebl
June 20, 2009--Researchers want more funds for river (Pueblo Chieftain)
University researchers looking at water quality on Fountain Creek are seeking funds to continue studies downstream of the confluence at the Arkansas River.
June 10, 2009--Stimulus funds aid area water projects (Pueblo Chieftain)
Several Southern Colorado water projects have a good shot at receiving federal stimulus money as a result of a recent ranking by state water quality regulators.
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
- Arkansas Valley Conduit
- Colorado
- Colorado Water Resources Power and Development Authority
- Department of Local Affairs
- Drinking Water
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Press Clippings
- Sewer
- Wastewater
- Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Water Quality
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- Water Supply
June 4, 2009--Sewer plant funding still not flowing (Pagosa Springs Daily Post)
The Town has spent the last several years designing and engineering a new wastewater treatment plant that the Town now can’t afford to build. When bids for the construction phase of the project were
June 3, 2009--Degraded lower Colorado River needs federal help to recover (Environmental News Service)
Protection of Lower Colorado River water quality needs comprehensive legislation and adequate funding for a major effort like programs underway in the Chesapeake Bay and the Great Lakes, local officials to
- Agriculture
- American Reinvestment and Recovery Act
- Arizona
- Bureau of Reclamation
- California
- Clean Water Act
- Clean Water State Revolving Fund
- Colorado River
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- Drinking Water
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- Estuary
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March 6, 2009--House to weigh nearly $15 Billion for water, sewers (NY Times)
The U.S. House of Representatives’ infrastructure committee approved a sweeping water and sewer bill on Thursday that would add more than $15 billion to the dollars already sent to states under the recently-enacted stimulus plan, but could face a bump when the full body votes on it.
September 12, 2008--Drugs found in more cities' water systems (Denver Post)
Testing prompted by an Associated Press story that revealed trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in drinking water supplies has shown that more Americans are affected by the problem than previously thought — at least 46 million, among them Colorado Springs residents.
August 29, 2008--Water issues nearly derail housing projects (Telluride Watch)
The future of two intra-governmental affordable housing projects nearly blew up like supernovae on Wednesday when a miscommunication about the delivery of town-supplied water to the projects led the board of county commissioners to suspect the town council of an attempted land grab.
