Lake Havasu

Lower Colorado River Tour

03/10/2010 7:45 am
03/12/2010 5:00 pm

For more information and/or to register, contact the Water Education Founation at (916) 444-6240 or visit their website.

August 6, 2009--Expert: Plants can absorb chemicals from treated wastewater (Fort Collins Coloradoan)

New research presented Wednesday at CSU shows that plants irrigated with treated wastewater can "take up" chemicals ranging from antibiotics to methamphetamine and ecstasy.

July 30, 2008--Feds cracking down on wells tapping Colorado River (Summit Daily News)

Federal officials have proposed new rules targeting well owners who are illegally pumping water from wells along the lower Colorado River, a source of water for millions of people in the West. The U.S.

June 17, 2008--Tiny, clingy and destructive, mussel makes its way west (New York Times)

The mussel-coated debris is unmistakable evidence of an event occurring silently and largely out of sight — the colonization of the Colorado River by the quagga mussel, a fingernail-size Eurasian bivalve with an astonishing sex drive and a nasty reputation for causing economic and ecological havoc.

June 9, 2008--Grand County agenda focuses on water issues, beetle kill mitigation (Sky-Hi Daily News)

Grand Lake, Shadow Mountain Reservoir and Lake Granby have been deemed ‘high priority’ in the state for taking action to prevent infiltration of non-native zebra mussels — and that may mean implementing a boat inspection program when funding becomes available, according to Colorado Division of Wildlife

May 18, 2008--Tucson ready to store billions of gallons of CAP water (US Water News)

A new plant constructed in Avra Valley means Tucson can finally begin taking nearly all of its share of Colorado River water. It means billions of gallons of Central Arizona Project water will be stored underground for use in the Tucson area.

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