Drinking Water

Cities around Phoenix are spending billions to develop water infrastructure. Local leaders say it's a necessary step as the Colorado River shrinks and groundwater dries up.

For the first time, the federal government is putting limits on “forever chemicals” called PFAS in the nation’s drinking water – a move that will protect communities across the Mountain West.

A shrinking Colorado River and aging infrastructure are putting our water supply to the test. And that means water bills are likely to go up in the near future. KUNC’s Alex Hager tells us more today on In The NoCo.

Across the Southwest, aging infrastructure and shrinking water supplies are driving an increase in water costs.

We discuss the redistricting dust-up in Weld County and how new federal regulations on "forever chemicals" will affect Colorado.

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed new drinking water standards this week for PFAS — the increasingly pervasive toxic chemicals that are highly prevalent in Colorado.

Cities in the arid Southwest are investing in water reuse technology, keeping more water in the system and bolstering drinking supplies in an area hit hard by drought.

States in the Colorado River Basin have failed to meet a federal deadline to conserve an unprecedented amount of water. The lack of consensus on how to wean off the river’s dwindling supply puts the water source for 40 million in the Southwest in jeopardy.

As the Colorado River shrinks, water managers in the basin are looking to the ocean. Desalination could add fresh water to a drying region.

Since Glen Canyon Dam was commissioned in 1964 and it first began filling, Lake Powell has never been like it is right now, at just 27% of its capacity. It’s threatening to dip below the minimum elevation needed to produce hydropower within the next year. A string of dry winters could push it to dead pool status.