Category: South Platte

The South Platte River near Evans. A new study seeks to determine whether salt levels in the river are rising. If the river becomes too salty, it will threaten agriculture in the basin and could cause water treatment costs to rise dramatically. Credit: Jerd Smith

Is the South Platte River too salty? New study to examine water quality amid concerns

May 29, 2019 by Shay Castle

The Fork Not Taken

May 10, 2019

New Educational Resource Simplifies Colorado Hydrology

March 12, 2019 by Lacey Williams

Denver Water is spending $1.2 million to upgrade its Marston water treatment facility, and others, so that they can implement new treatment protocols to reduce lead that enters delivered water through lead service lines and in-home fixtures.

Colorado health officials, utilities hit pause, again, on high-stakes lead lawsuit

February 27, 2019 by Jerd Smith

Joe Docheff hauls silage Friday on his family's dairy farm east of Longmont. Docheff rents some water from the city for crops on his land. Docheff also manages some Longmont agricultural open space properties that are watered with Colorado-Big Thompson units. (Lewis Geyer / Longmont Times-Call Staff Photographer)

Front Range farmers look to cities to lease water as prices surge

February 6, 2019 by Sam Lounsberry

Technicians surveying the central Platte River for interior least tern and piping plover nesting and foraging activities. Credit: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program.

Innovative Platte River recovery effort seeks more time, money from Congress

January 9, 2019 by Jerd Smith

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