Magazine
Facing the yuck factor

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

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.
Peter Friederici Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition

Sidebar

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
Peter Friederici Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition
Making an effluent market
How will Westerners pay for – and market – their recycled drinking water?
Peter Friederici Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition

Editor's Note

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.
John Mecklin Opinion Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition

Uncommon Westerners

He loves nature. And dams.
Paul Ostapuk is a nature-lover and outdoorsman who loves Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam.
Jim Rossi Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition

Essays

Ashes
A woman and her son say their final goodbyes to a friend who committed suicide.
Kathleen Dean Essay Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition

Book Reviews

Cowboy love, with a generous sprinkling of sugar
In Crybaby Ranch, novelist Tina Welling tells a romantic story with zest.
Jennie Lay Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition
In search of giant trees and unseen realms
In The Wild Trees, Richard Preston explores the amazing ecosystems hidden at the top of the world’s tallest trees.
Stephen J. Lyons Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

Heard Around the West
“Glamping” – or glamorous camping, complete with butlers; aerotrekking in Arizona; tiny houses; snake bite hobbles beauty contestant.
Betsy Marston Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Dear friends
New HCN interns Christine Hoekenga and James Yearling; visitors; correction.
James Yearling, Christine Hoekenga and JodiPeterson Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition

News

Cutting trees to save the forest
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.
Matt Jenkins Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition
Raising the bar for lawyers
Washington has become the third state to require that would-be lawyers taking the bar exam know more than a little about Indian law.
Eve Rickert Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition

Two Weeks in the West

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.
Jonathan Thompson Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition

Letters

Give wolves a chance
Mark Salvo, Dr. Ralph Maughan, Rob Edward Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition
Kill a cow, save an elk
George Wuerthner Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition
Wouldn't Tyson Inc. shoot wolves too?
Randy Lantz Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition
And what about John Cox and Michael Jingozian?
Steve Williams Sept. 17, 2007 From the print edition
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