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October 17, 2010--Scientists tracking Arkansas' water (Pueblo Chieftain)

Scientists are trying to understand how water diverted to irrigate crops makes its way back to the Arkansas River along tributaries or as groundwater throughout the basin.


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December 8, 2009--Study sheds light on selenium in Fountain Creek (Pueblo Chieftain)

Selenium levels on Fountain Creek go up as the hardness of water increases downstream, creating concerns that they could affect aquatic life on the Arkansas River all the way to John Martin Reservoir. That’s the upshot of a study by a team of Colorado State University-Pueblo researchers who have been studying Fountain Creek for the past three years.


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October 23, 2009--Potential storage project interests Lower Ark district (Pueblo Chieftain)

A plan to build a pair of reservoirs downstream from Lake Pueblo has drawn some interest from the Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District. “You definitely get the point in this project,” Prowers County Director Leroy Mauch said Wednesday.


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August 21, 2009--Colorado Springs fined in Fountain Creek case (Pueblo Chieftain)

A judge Thursday ordered Colorado Springs to pay a $35,500 penalty to the federal government for discharging pollutants from its sewage system into Fountain Creek. The penalty was the only sanction in a long-awaited decision in a lawsuit the Sierra Club brought in 2005 against the city for violating the federal Clean Water Act. Senior U.S.

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August 15, 2009--Gravel pit roils Fountain Creek waters (Pueblo Chieftain)

A gravel pit on Fountain Creek will pose an interesting dilemma for a newly created district charged with regulating land-use issues in the flood plain.

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August 12, 2009--Flood impact: City, FEMA disagree (Pueblo Chieftain)

Pueblo is completing its own hydrology report on Wild Horse Dry Creek that shows significantly lower floods during a 100-year flood than earlier federal estimates.

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August 2, 2009--Project gives fish way to go up a creek (Pueblo Chieftain)

A $282,000 project will help create a fish passage on Fountain Creek at a Colorado Springs Utilities diversion that will improve habitat for two threatened fish species.

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July 19, 2009--Protecting ag land key to state's health (Pueblo Chieftain)

If Colorado’s mountains are like the heart and lungs of the state, its streamside environments are the veins and arteries.

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July 14, 2009--Chostner gives county's water defense (Pueblo Chieftain)

Pueblo County Commissioner Jeff Chostner told Rotary Club 43 members Monday that there's another side to Pueblo West's problem with the county.

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June 20, 2009--Researchers want more funds for river (Pueblo Chieftain)

University researchers looking at water quality on Fountain Creek are seeking funds to continue studies downstream of the confluence at the Arkansas River.

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