Water Quality
February 23, 2010--Road salt melts snow, but it contaminates groundwater and damages habitats (Washington Post)
We toss more than 20 million tons of sodium chloride on our roadways every winter. That's about 13 times more salt than is used by the entire food processing industry. Salt lowers the freezing temperature of water and thus melts street-clogging snow and ice.
February 18, 2010--Safe water (Norwood Post)
The days of receiving drinking water safety violation notices from the Norwood Water Commission will soon be over. On March 3, the commission will switch to a new water treatment method. In order to increase the quality of drinking water in the Norwood water district, the commission will stop using chlorine to disinfect water.
February 17, 2010--Salazar hosts Wolf Creek parley (Alamosa Valley Courier)
During a roundtable discussion regarding the proposed Village at Wolf Creek on Wednesday, U.S. Representative John Salazar elicited promises from both sides that they would accept the results of an environmental analysis of the project - and made a promise of his own. “I can assure you as long as I am in Washington, it will be a transparent process,” he said.
AWWA Annual Conference & Exposition (Chicago, IL)
Submitted by denise on February 5, 2010 - 3:23pm 06/20/2010 8:00 am
06/24/2010 5:00 pm
For more information and/or to register visit the American Water Works Association website.
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January 28, 2010--Group: Protect Hermosa watershed (Durango Herald)
The Hermosa Creek watershed - 155,000 acres stretching from the north Animas Valley to just beyond Purgatory - deserves protection because of its sterling water quality and corresponding natural resources, including diverse flora and fauna and recreation, the River Protection Workgroup says. A report outlining protective measures will be available to the public Feb. 8.
January 1, 2010--Federal agencies may have to consider climate before they act (Los Angeles Times)
The White House is poised to order all federal agencies to evaluate any major actions they take, such as building highways or logging national forests, to determine how they would contribute to and be affected by climate change, a step long sought by environmentalists.
December 18, 2009--Nearly half U.S. lakes in fair to poor condition (Environmental News Service)
The condition of 56 percent of the lakes in the United States is rated as good and the remaining 44 percent are in fair or poor condition, according to a draft study released by today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
December 13, 2009--What's in the water? (Los Angeles Times)
What's in the water?--Lots of stuff, according to the Environmental Working Group.The public interest organization has created an online database of water quality test results from 45 states. The interactive database, covering 48,000 communities, can be accessed at the group's website, www.ewg.org.
Southwest Colorado Watershed Workshop (Cortez, CO)
Submitted by denise on December 3, 2009 - 12:48pm 03/11/2010 8:00 am
03/11/2010 5:00 pm
For more information and/or to register, contact the Colorado State University Extension.
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8th Annual DARCA Convention (Durango, CO)
Submitted by denise on October 23, 2009 - 9:38am 02/10/2010 9:00 am
02/12/2010 5:00 pm
Sponsored by the Ditch and Reservoir Company Alliance (DARCA). For more information and/or to register visit their website.
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