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Dealing with Wildfires Damaging Water Supplies

Analysis, Perspective for Hire / By a featured contributor

Wildfires have a longer-lasting and more direct effect on communities than most people realize. Across the nation, countless cities and states receive their drinking water from nearby reservoirs. When wildfires contaminate the main source of water for thousands in nearby cities, problems occur. Consequently, the watersheds take decades and cost millions to restore. Moreover, water […]

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Protecting the South Platte Watershed

A watershed is an elevated land area that channels rainfall and snowmelt to creeks, streams, and rivers. The South Platte watershed provides Colorado with 75% of its municipal water. Yet ongoing threats from weather and human activity damage this fragile ecosystem. Preventing contamination of the water source requires constant maintenance. The Coalition for the Upper