Summer 2024: The Industrial Water Use Issue

Winds of Change
July 2024 by Allen Best
As Colorado’s power system transforms to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, what will become of the water once used to cool coal-fired power plants? The future of electricity, though still uncertain, could mean dividends for water.

Manufacturing’s New Bottom Line is BLUE
Facilities are improving water stewardship for business success.
What’s Booming? Water Protections For Oil and Gas
As the oil and gas industry makes strides to better stretch and protect water resources, and regulations come online to protect public health and the environment, watchdogs remain skeptical.
Beyond Forever
Colorado’s crackdown on “forever chemicals.”
Amped Up
Data centers are surging with the rise of AI, but could these networked computer servers stress Colorado’s power grid and water resources?
Dig This
Regulations aim to protect Coloradans from mining impacts.
Fight For The Right
The Shoshone hydropower plant's water rights could give the Colorado River a big boost and become the largest, most influential environmental water right in state history.Thank You to This Issue's Sponsors
