Denver Water

Denver Water Suing 80-Year-Old Woman (PHOTOS, VOTE)

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Two Forks Dam, Denver Water Lawsuit, Ella Oatman, Video, South-Platte-River, Denver Water Shortage, Colorado Water Supply, Colorado Water, Denver Water, Denver News

It seemed to have all the perfect elements of a compelling story: perceived government overreach, a helpless grandma figure, and bloodthirsty lawyers....

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Colo. Demands Cotter Corp. Clean Up Defunct Mine Uranium Leak

Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Colorado Uranium Mines, Denver Drinking Water, Denver News, De-Watering Mines, Uranium Mines, Defunct Mines, Jefferson County, Uranium Mining, Uranium, Schwartzwalder Mine, Denver Water, Denver Colorado, Toxic Waste, Ralston Creek, Cotter Corp, Uranium Leak in Denver Drinking Water, Denver News

Colo. state mining regulators and Denver Water officials are demanding that Cotter Corp. clean up the defunct Schwartzwalder mine that is leaking uran...

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Denver's Best Ad Campaign? Just Add Water

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Colorado Drought, Denver Impact, Denver Tap Water, Slidepollajax, Water Conservation, Denver Water, Use Only What You Need, Sukle Advertisting, Southeast-Colorado-Drought, 2011 Denver Water Campaign, Denver News

On the heels of Southeast Colorado's extreme drought conditions, rampant wildfires, and news that Denver has the second-best tap water in the country,...

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Per Capita Water Usage Decreasing Across Colorado

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Colorado River Usage, Colorado River Basin, Colorado Water Supply, Upper-Colorado-River-Basin, Denver Water, Denver News, Front Range Water Consumption, Boulder Water, Denver News

A report released Thursday by the Pacific Institute indicates that Colorado water usage from the Colorado River basin decreased from 1990 to 2008 by a...

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Denver Tap Water Is Second Best

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Awaa, Regional Water Taste Test, Denver News, Denver Water Taste, Water Taste, Colorado Water, Water Taste Test, Denver Water, Water Utilities, Denver Colorado, American Water Works Association, Denver News

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) announced its “Best of the Best” water taste taste results during their annual conference in Washingto...

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Trace Amounts Of Japan Reactor Fall Out Detected In Denver Drinking Water

The Denver Post | Bruce Finley | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Epa, Environmental Protection Agency, Japan Nuclear Plant, Denver Water, Japan Tsunami, Denver Water Radiation, Japan Earthquake, Denver News

Radioactive fallout from Japan's ruined nuclear power plants has reached drinking water in Denver and other U.S. cities in trace amounts that authorit...

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Cheesman Dam Repair: Divers To Live In Underwater Chamber For A Month

KDVR | Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denver Water, Deckers, Cheesman Dam, Cheesman Reservoir, Compression Chamber, Global Diving and Salvage, Dam Repair, Denver News

DECKERS, Colo. - Divers will live below water for a month in a compression chamber as the 105-year-old Cheesman Dam undergoes a plumbing overhaul begi...

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Colorado Uranium Mine Cleanup Gets Rejected

CBS4 | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Schwartzwalder-Mine, Cotter-Corp, Uranium, Denver Water, Division-of-Reclamation-Mining-and-Safety, Ralston-Reservoir, Mine Cleanup, Ralston Creek, Denver News

DENVER (AP) ― State regulators have rejected a plan by Cotter Corp. to clean up contamination from a closed uranium mine that has flowed into a cre...

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Schwartzwalder Uranium Mine

The Denver Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Division of Reclamation, Colorado Department of Health and Environment, Cotter Corp., Ralston Reservoir, Schwartzwalder Mine, Denver Water, Uranium, Denver News

A defunct uranium mine in Jefferson County is contaminating groundwater near a reservoir, but government regulators and mine executives have yet to se...

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Denver Water Workers Disclose 'Toxic Burial Ground' At Foothills Water Treatment Facility

KDVR | Heidi Hemmat | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Water Pollution, 'Toxic Cemetery', Denver Water, Asbestos, Denver News

DENVER - Retired Denver Water workers are coming clean about hazardous waste they say they buried near dozens of homes and schools 20 years ago. "I...

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