Las Animas - Bent County Library District

Coloradoans recognize that our long term economic health hinges on the availability of adequate, clean, reliable water supplies. As future demands for municipal, recreational, agricultural, and industrial uses continue to increase throughout the state providing adequate water supplies will become more challenging. The water supply situation in northwest Douglas County serves as an example of the challenge of providing an adequate municipal water supply....

"It was a soft, early spring morning with the mist still clinging to the mountain and the blackbirds just starting to swoop low over the alfalfa fields when Jo Mondragon - thirty-six with not much to show for it, a feisty hustler with a talent for trouble - slammed his battered pick-up to a stop, tugged on his gumboots, and marched into the arid patch of ground his father had once cultivated. Carefully, impulsively (and also illegally), he tapped...

Water policy

The Analysis and Technical Update to the Colorado Water Plan (Technical Update) provides technical data and information regarding Colorado's water resources. The technical data and information generated are intended to help inform decision making and planning regarding water resources at a statewide or basin wide planning level. The Colorado Water Conservation Board intends for the Technical Update to help promote and facilitate a better understanding...

The city of Alamosa's public water system that supplies drinking water to the community became contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. Alamosa's population is about 8,900 people. The outbreak resulted in 442 reported illnesses, 122 of which were laboratory-confirmed, and one death. In general, the city was historically in compliance with all health-based drinking water standards, with the exception of the arsenic standard. Although there were several...