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Report: State water quality declining
- Summit Daily News (new window)
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9/21/2007 |
| Continued population growth, together with oil and gas development, represent intensifying threats to water quality in the state, according to a new report from Environment Colorado. | |
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State official questioned on water quality
- Aspen Daily News (new window)
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9/17/2007 |
| When Steve Gunderson took the podium Friday at the Colorado River District water conference at the Two Rivers Conference Center in Grand Junction, he was aware of the headline in that morning's Daily Sentinel. "State denies claims about dirty water" was the headline on a story by Bobby Magill of the Sentinel. Gunderson is the director of Colorado's Water Quality Control Division. The news story was about claims by the group Environment Colorado that Colorado's rivers and lakes had more sediment and chemicals in them because of increased oil and gas drilling. The report, called "Water Under Pressure," says that during heavy rainstorms, mud is running into streams and rivers off of bare land around hundreds of new gas wells and newly cut roads. It also says the state needs more water quality inspectors. | |
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Group lays blame for fouled water
- Rocky Mountain News (new window)
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9/14/2007 |
| The water quality of Colorado's rivers and lakes has declined considerably during the last eight years because the state's water control division has a shortage of inspectors to monitor development permits, according to a report released Thursday by an environmental group. The nonprofit Environment Colorado Research and Policy Center cited data and reports submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency by the state's Water Quality Control Division, policy center official Stephanie Thomas said. | |
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State denies claims about dirty water
- The Daily Sentinel (new window)
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9/14/2007 |
| Colorado’s water could be getting dirtier partly because of widespread energy development, former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Regional Administrator Max Dodson said Thursday. Whatever oil and gas drilling puts into the Colorado River is something downstream states such as California and Arizona also have to worry about, said Dodson, who retired from the EPA in January. His statements came as conservation group Environment Colorado released a study Thursday claiming the state’s stream water quality declined 21 percent and lake water quality declined 31 percent during the past eight years, according to state data. | |
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A case of mercury rising?
- Denver Post Editorial
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5/9/2004 |
| A federal proposal to limit mercury pollution is unacceptably weak. Under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's plan, Colorado and four other states could experience higher levels of the neurological poison than they do now. | |
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Morning Magazine: Pharmaceuticals in America's drinking water
- KGNU (new window)
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4/18/2008 |
| Interview on pharmaceuticals in America's drinking water with John Rumpler, federal environmental policy analyst for Environment Colorado. | |
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Report: Colorado water cleaner than ever, but quality a concern
- Rocky Mountain News (new window)
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10/12/2007 |
| Colorado's water is cleaner than ever, but 25 percent of rivers and 43 percent of lakes still fail to meet water quality standards, according to a new report from Environment Colorado. | |
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Health officials find unsafe mercury levels at 5 more lakes
- Rocky Mountain News
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1/25/2007 |
| State health regulators have discovered unsafe mercury levels in fish in five more Colorado water bodies, including popular Horsetooth Reservoir west of Fort Collins, prompting new warnings for anglers. | |
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