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High Country News September 17, 2007

Facing the yuck factor

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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.

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Editor's Note

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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.

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Paul Ostapuk is a nature-lover and outdoorsman who loves Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam.

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Book Reviews

Cowboy love, with a generous sprinkling of sugar

In Crybaby Ranch, novelist Tina Welling tells a romantic story with zest.

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