Results for keyword: Colorado River
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Moab uranium tailings: should they stay or should they go?
The Energy Department is calling for public comment on its plans to clean up a 130-acre pile of uranium tailings and contaminated soils just upstream from Moab, Utah, on the Colorado River
by Deanna Belch, Dec 20, 2004 -
Grand plan for Grand Canyon
The National Park Service has released a new draft management plan and environmental impact statement for the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon
by Joshua Zaffos, Dec 06, 2004 -
Turning water inside-out
Many Western cities like Sierra Vista, Ariz., were built beside once-beautiful rivers which were overused and then neglected, while the cities looked elsewhere for new water sources to exploit
by Matt Jenkins, Aug 30, 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 -
California strikes a water truce
A landmark California water deal has Imperial Valley irrigators finally agreeing to sell Colorado River water to San Diego, without sacrificing the Salton Sea
by Matt Jenkins, Oct 27, 2003






