Current Theme: BASIN February, 2008 News Reports
News about Boulder Creek Watershed Issues
Wyoming energy development emissions prompts unprecedented rural ozone health alert
(2/28/08)
Six year study finds extensive anthropogenic contamination in US National Parks, attributed to atmospheric deposition
(2/28/08)
National Park study also finds fish with mercury levels exceeding human consumption guidelines as well as intersex trout in 5 RMNP lakes
(2/28/08)
city of Boulder reaffirms support for trail to Lyons along Boulder Creek Feeder Canal
(2/27/08)
Substantial snowpack and its accompanying problems lead to a halt in cloud seeding
(2/27/08)
Boulder weighs options to restore water to South Boulder's Thunderbird Lake
(2/26/08)
Prarie Waters project prompts Aurora water district to raise rates another 12%
(2/26/08)
USBR to repeat simulated spring flood from Glen Canyon Dam hoping to restore Grand Canyon ecology
(2/26/08)
CU research finds massive increase in wind blown dust due to US western expansion has moderated but is increasingly contaminated
(2/25/08)
Leadville mayor complains mine drainage tunnel "emergency" staged with little public input
(2/24/08)
Stone and glass flood depth marker proposed as memorial to flood plain expert Gilbert White
(2/24/08)
Feeding ethanol distillation byproducts to livestock raises questions of ecoli contamination
(2/23/08)
CO House Bill 1161
,
increasing regulation of in-situ uranium mining advances to Appropriations Committee
(2/22/08)
CO House Bill 1141
,
tying new development approval to proven water supplies advances to floor
(2/20/08)
Leadville mine drainage tunnel collapse also threatens prized and recovering Arkansas River fishery
(2/19/08)
Longmont to consider bonding for $10 million in stormwater drainage capital projects
(2/19/08)
Supreme court allows Montana's lawsuit against Wyoming over Powder and Tongue River water rights
(2/19/08)
CSU study ties endocrine disruptors to changes in male fertility in a range of species, including human
(2/18/08)
Fate of Big Thompson Canyon land parcels procured by Larimer County following 1976 flood remains uncertain
(2/18/08)
HR-1330, a proposal to elect water conservancy boards,
unlikely to survive power water interests
(2/18/08)
Several studies find chemicals in wastewater discharge altering marine biology along California coast
(2/17/08)
Carter Lake mecury adisories prompt plan to test downstream lakes
(2/17/08)
State and Federal agencies plan $5 million effort to relieve drainage tunnel threat
(2/16/08)
USBR study finds Pueble reservoir pipeline will double Colorado Springs area water rates
(2/15/08)
Fort Lupton city council confirms $36 million NISP obligation would not require a public vote
(2/15/08)
Lake County says Arkansas River threatened by a billion gallons of contaminated water in plugged USBR mine drainage tunnel
(2/14/08)
Denver Water billing error results in $1.5 million in over charges to 35,000 suburban residential customers
(2/14/08)
Larimer County review of proposed uranium mining inconclusive due to lack of specific details
(2/14/08)
Impact of monthly water budgets on seasonal businesses prompt review of new COB water rate structure
(2/13/08)
New water supply research warns Lake Mead may be drained within 15 years
(2/13/08)
EPA orders CDPHE to review a gas compressor permit granted independent of the wells is serves
(2/13/08)
Meads's new wastewater treatment plant to triple capacity anticipating residential growth
(2/12/08)
Aurora raises water rates another 12% to pay for Prarie Waters project
(2/12/08)
Court rules for OSMP trail route through box culvert under CO 93
(2/12/08)
USFWS and COGCC issue 80 citations over polluted and unprotected oil well wastewater pits in northeastern Colorado
(2/11/08)
USBR begins fourfold increase in water discharges from the San Juan River's Navajo Reservoir
(2/11/08)
CSU's Water Resources Archive to maintain documents of prominent northern colorado "water buffalo" W.D. Farr
(2/10/08)
CO WQCC expected to add Poudre, Big Thompson and several northern Colorado reservoirs to list of impaired waters
(2/9/08)
Longmont eyes open space buffers as rapid Weld County growth encroaches
(2/9/08)
Break in major water main disrupts traffic on I25 though central Denver
(2/8/08)
Local residents tire of ongoing construction on Erie's new Boulder Creek water supply pipeline and pumpstation
(2/8/08)
CWCB to hold workshop Feb. 13th on protecting streams and lakes through instream water rights
(2/7/08)
St Vrain snowpack remains below the 30 year average at 88%, relecting the average snowpack (101%) level in the overall South Platte basin
(2/7/08)
HR-1141
,
legislation to require new development to prove an adequate water supply is derailed by opposition
(2/7/08)
City of Boulder water usage drops 4.7% during 2007
(2/7/08)
Historic preservation becomes an issue in Greeley's planned 30 mi water pipeline along Poudre River
(2/7/08)
Colorado statewide snowpack accumlation best in a decade at 134% of 30 yr average statewide
(2/6/08)
Several bills introduced in the Colorado legislature to address South Platte groundwater irrigation issue
(2/6/08)
Denver legislator introduces Bill to legalize limited residential rainwater collection
(2/6/08)
Whether "smart" or "dumb", continuing growth fundamentally unsustainable
(2/3/08)
Forest Service reexamination of Boulder's Silver Lake pipeline easement questioned
(2/3/08)
LTER posts January 31, 2008 Snowpack report for Niwot Ridget
(2/2/08)
Research concludes western water supply impacts largly result of human activities
(2/1/08)
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