Aquifers
May 30, 2010--Groundwater rules for SLV coming in three months (Pueblo Chieftain)
State Engineer Dick Wolfe said Friday that groundwater rules for the San Luis Valley could be ready to submit to court within the next three months.
May 26, 2010--How clean is your water? (Summit Voice)
While most people assume that well water is clean and safe, a recent study by the U.S. Geological Survey shows that one out of every five wells providing public drinking water contains at least one contaminant at levels of potential health concern. The USGS sampled 932 public wells across the country for the study.
December 22, 2009--Nunn pleads with EPA about uranium mine proposal (Greeley Tribune)
More than 100 people gathered Monday night in Nunn to plead with representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency to put a stop to a permitting process that marks the initial stages of a proposed uranium mine near the town.
July 14, 2009--Water group gives sub-district a boost (Alamosa Valley Courier)
The Rio Grande Inter Basin Roundtable on Tuesday approved $31,500 from its basin funds to help the San Luis Valley’s first water management sub-district finish up a CREP (Conservation Reserve Enhancement P
June 17, 2009--Pipe dreams: Solving the region's water dilemma (Douglas County News Press)
Years of strategic water right acquisitions have put the Parker Water and Sanitation District in good shape for the future, but the purchases raise a big conundrum: how to get the water back to town.
- Aquifers
- Arkansas River
- Cherry Creek
- Colorado
- Colorado River
- Colorado River Compact
- Colorado-Wyoming Water Coalition
- Drought
- Flaming Gorge Reservoir
- Parker Water and Sanitation District
- Press Clippings
- Reverse Osmosis
- Rueter-Hess Reservoir
- South Metro Water Supply Authority
- South Platte River
- Statewide Water Initiative Study
- Utah
- Water Pollution
- Water Quality
- Water Rights
- Water Storage
- Water Supply
- Water Treatment Plant
- Wyoming
April 1, 2009--New law allows state to regulate deep aquifers (U.S. Water News)
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has signed legislation into law to help stop a rush by real estate developers and others to tap into deep aquifers with brackish water.
December 1, 2008--New Mexico wants more protection for drinking water (U.S. Water News)
New Mexico Environment Secretary Ron Curry wants the federal government to regulate the chemical perchlorate to ensure greater protections for the state's drinking water.
