Tag: Jerd Smith
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Colorado OKs drinking treated wastewater: Getting over the ‘ick factor’
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Colorado regulators, after years of study, negotiations and testing, approved a new rule that clears the way for drinking treated wastewater this week, one of only a handful of states in the country to do so. The action came in a unanimous vote of the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission Oct. 11. Direct potable reuse…
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Once-pristine Grand Lake asks state to intervene in water clarity stalemate
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Fourteen years after Colorado adopted standards to restore Grand Lake, the state’s largest natural water body once known for its astonishing clarity and high water quality, continues to deteriorate. Frustrated and worried about the future, Grand Lake locals are asking the state to intervene to break through a logjam of federal and environmental red tape…
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Colorado renews attempt to bring hydrogen plant to the Yampa River Valley
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After an attempt last year to secure funding for a green hydrogen pilot in the Yampa River Valley failed, state officials and Tri-State Generation and Transmission, among others, are taking another run at the idea, using a new program launched earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Energy. In February, the U.S. Department of…
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Poll: Slim majority supports spending more to protect Colorado’s water
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A majority of Colorado voters believe the state should spend more money on protecting and conserving its water resources, but they’re not willing to support new state taxes to fund the work, according to a…
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14 Front Range cities to coordinate drought response
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As drought conditions intensify across Colorado, at least 14 cities in the Denver metro area say they will join forces to warn residents of looming water shortages and the need to cut back use this…
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In pandemic squeeze, Vail exits Colorado cloud seeding program
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Vail Resorts Inc., one of the largest financial contributors to Colorado’s cloud seeding program, has dropped out this year, leaving a major hole in the program’s budget. Cloud seeding is a practice in which silver iodide pellets are sprayed into storm clouds in an effort…
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Colorado eyes foreclosure against troubled Pueblo water company
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Arkansas Valley water and land company has left Colorado on the hook for nearly $1.4 million in delinquent loan payments and emergency dam repair bills, and may face a rare foreclosure proceeding by the Colorado Water Conservation Board. At issue are two state deals,…