Category: Climate and Drought

Workers put finishing touches on Denver Water's new super-sustainable administrative complex last summer. As COVID-19 cases spread,Denver and other utilities have enacted emergency operation protocols to protect workers and to keep water treatment and delivery systems operating. Credit: Jerd Smith

Colorado water utilities, pushed to respond to climate change, are giving up their energy-guzzling ways

August 7, 2019 by Jerd Smith

A water hydrant in Denver. Colorado residents, after years of drought, are learning to use less water.

New report: Climate change to intensify Colorado water shortages, even as residents hone their water-saving ways

July 24, 2019 by Jerd Smith

A powerful sprinkler capable of pumping more than 2,500 gallons of water per minute, irrigates a farm field in the San Luis Valley June 6, 2019. Credit: Jerd Smith

Denver developer, former governor make $118M play for San Luis Valley water

June 26, 2019 by Jerd Smith

Colorado program that enhances streams gets a second chance at expansion this summer

June 19, 2019 by Shay Castle

Standley Lake in Westminster. The ongoing drought, which shows no signs of easing this fall, has left Colorado's reservoirs at just 84 percent of average capacity, down from 112 percent of average last year at this time. Credit: Jerd Smith, Fresh Water News

It’s official: Colorado is drought free, but its reservoirs not so much

May 15, 2019 by Jerd Smith

As part of Denver's $1 billion redevelopment of the National Western Center, heat from the city's wastewater will be captured and used to warm the center itself when it is completed in 2025. Credit: National Western Center

Colorado cities to cool wastewater to keep streams healthier

April 17, 2019 by Jerd Smith

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