Salmonella
March 2, 2010--Alamosa sued over salmonella in drinking water (Denver Post)
Twenty-nine families afflicted by the salmonella outbreak in Alamosa's water supply sued their city government Monday. An investigation by the state Department of Public and Health and Environment concluded that salmonella bacteria from animal feces probably got into the drinking-water supply early in March 2008 and infected the entire water system for the nex
February 23, 2010--Supreme Court Denies 3 High-Profile Environmental Cases (New York Times)
In its first set of orders since returning from a monthlong recess, the Supreme Court declined yesterday to consider three separate industry challenges to federal environmental regulations.
November 19, 2009--More Colorado drinking-water systems using chlorine (Sky-Hi Daily News)
More drinking-water systems across Colorado are treating their water with chlorine following the deadly salmonella outbreak in Alamosa last year. State health officials announced Wednesday that animal waste that seeped into an underground storage tank likely caused the outbreak. The report said that the bacteria may not have grown had Alamosa used chlorine to disinfect its water supply.
November 19, 2009--Many Colorado water waivers revoked after taint (Denver Post)
Colorado has revoked waivers from as many as 72 public drinking-water systems and is now requiring chlorine treatment of most public supplies as part of the response to a salmonella-poisoning epidemic that ravaged Alamosa last year.
March 22, 2009--Tainted water still butdens town (Denver Post)
Her baby daughter, who drank formula mixed with tap water, had been poisoned by Alamosa's water supply.
March 22, 2009--Hazards in the water (Denver Post)
More than 150,000 people in Colorado drank from water supplies last year that violated public health standards.
February 27, 2009--Minturn aims to keep water clean (Vail Daily)
Outside of the public works crew and perhaps somebody with a basic knowledge of plumbing, most people in Minturn, Colorado don’t know, or care, what a backflow prevention device is.
February 13, 2009--Is Alamosa in hot water again? (Alamosa Valley Courier)
Nearly a year after Alamosa experienced a water-related salmonella outbreak, some water users are still concerned about the quality of the liquid coming out of their taps.
October 22, 2008--City water nearly arsenic free (Alamosa Valley Courier)
Alamosa’s water is now chlorinated and virtually arsenic free thanks to the city’s new water treatment facility that hosted a grand opening on Wednesday.
October 3, 2008--Alamosa signs pact with state on water (Pueblo Chieftain)
The city signed off on an agreement with the state Wednesday laying out water testing, monitoring and chlorination requirements in the wake of the March salmonella outbreak. The consent order requires the city to chlorinate its water at a level between one and two milligrams per liter at the point of entry.
