Las Animas - Bent County Library District

Historians at Colorado State University's Public Lands History Center created this website to explore the history of human use of the Cache la Poudre River during the last 150 years, using Fort Collins as a case study.

The Safe Drinking Water Program of the Water Quality Control Division at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment fully implements a Capacity Development Program that aligns with the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). As required by the 1996 Amendments, the Safe Drinking Water Program has prepared this document to describe Colorado's capacity development strategy and to establish the nine strategic goals used to support...

The 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act (Act) Amendments established a strong emphasis on preventing contamination problems affecting public water systems and their consumers. The revised statute provides for he sustainable use of source water, and helps ensure delivery of continuously safe drinking water by providing the means to improve the technical, managerial and financial capacity of public water systems. The Act also anticipates that the capacity...

Water Loss Control represents the efforts of drinking water utilities to provide stewardship and accountability in their operations by reliably auditing their supplies and keeping their system losses to a reasonable minimal level. New methods of water auditing and loss control give water utilities the potential to recapture large volumes of treated water as well as additional revenues.

This report details the results of a study conducted by University of Colorado researchers for the Coal Creek Watershed Coalition on the source of metals in the Coal Creek watershed during high flow. Coal Creek is the main water supply for the Town of Crested Butte in Gunnison County, Colorado.

The Best Practices Guidebook is a planning tool prepared for the purpose of improving and enhancing water efficiency in Colorado and offers a detailed description of specific water conservation measures, program elements, regulations, policies, and procedures that can be implemented by Colorado water providers to help ensure reliable and sustainable water supplies for future generations. the guidebook can be used by water providers large and small...