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.
Magazine
September 17, 2007
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.
Feature
Sidebar
Some communities are trying to keep discarded
pharmaceuticals out of the water supply by organizing
“take-back programs” for leftover drugs
How will Westerners pay for – and market –
their recycled drinking water?
Editor's Note
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.
Uncommon Westerners
Paul Ostapuk is a nature-lover and outdoorsman who loves
Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam.
Essays
A woman and her son say their final goodbyes to a friend
who committed suicide.
Book Reviews
In Crybaby Ranch, novelist Tina Welling tells a romantic
story with zest.
In The Wild Trees, Richard Preston explores the amazing
ecosystems hidden at the top of the world’s tallest
trees.
Heard Around the West
“Glamping” – or glamorous camping,
complete with butlers; aerotrekking in Arizona; tiny houses; snake
bite hobbles beauty contestant.
Dear Friends
New HCN interns Christine Hoekenga and James Yearling;
visitors; correction.
News
Chris Kelly’s environmental group, The Conservation
Fund, is carefully logging its own redwood trees in order to save
forests and salmon in Northern California.
Washington has become the third state to require that
would-be lawyers taking the bar exam know more than a little about
Indian law.
Two Weeks in the West
Health insurance – and the lack of it – in the
West; Larry Craig, Burning Man, and parts of Montana go up in
flames; Wyoming booms and house prices are up, but the kids are
still leaving in droves; new Border Patrol duds debut.
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