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  • Let the EPA finish its work in Pavillion, Wyoming

    Let the EPA finish its work in Pavillion, Wyoming

    The gas industry and its political partners are going to great lengths to try to derail and discredit an EPA report that blames Pavillion, Wyoming’s polluted water on hydraulic fracking.

    by John Fenton, Jan 24, 2012

  • The World's Water 2004-2005: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources

    The World’s Water 2004-2005, edited by Peter Gleick, is the fourth installment of an annual report that covers water issues that span the globe

    by Staff, Apr 18, 2005
  • I can't wait to drink wastewater

    I can't wait to drink wastewater

    Since (like it or not) all water is recycled, why not drink your community’s recycled wastewater?

    by Jonathan Parkinson, Aug 06, 2009

  • Facing the Yuck Factor

    As population growth and climate change stress the region’s water supplies, Westerners think hard about recycling their effluent, although some worry about the possibly harmful endocrine disrupters found in cleaned-up effluent.

    by Peter Friederici, Sep 17, 2007

  • Effluent, effluent everywhere

    A recent turbidity crisis in Paonia resulted in the issuance of a “boil order,” which reminded us locals how precious clean water is in the arid West.

    by John Mecklin, Sep 17, 2007

  • Take back these drugs – please

    Some communities are trying to keep discarded pharmaceuticals out of the water supply by organizing “take-back programs” for leftover drugs

    by Peter Friederici, Sep 17, 2007
  • Communities help pay for ecosystem services provided by forests

    Communities help pay for ecosystem services provided by forests

    Watershed partnerships between communities and the federal government help make ratepayers more responsible for the health of their water supply.

    by Neil LaRubbio, Feb 21, 2012

  • Drought forces Las Vegas to reach deeper for water

    Lake Mead has dropped to about 58 percent of its capacity, and the quality of the water has changed, causing more expensive production and increased danger of not meeting health standards

    by Jodi Peterson, Apr 26, 2004

  • Greenhouse gases go underground

    Plans for permanently storing carbon dioxide in oil fields will benefit energy companies who already use carbon dioxide injection to boost output.

    by Jodi Peterson, Apr 26, 2004

  • Toxic chemical creeping toward Colorado River

    Chromium 6 is moving from the California desert toward the Colorado River, and officials fear it might contaminate the drinking water supply of 20 million people

    by Jodi Peterson, May 24, 2004

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