Colorado Water
"Mountain streams and drinking wells in eastern Colorado showed traces of wastewater pollutants expected only in urban areas, raising questions about how chemicals such as insecticides, perfumes and detergents have entered what should be pristine water sources." [Denver Post, January 20, 2005, "Wells, pristine streams show chemical traces"].
Here's the coverage from the Rocky Mountain News [January 20, 2005, "Chemicals blemish Colorado's water"]. The Rocky also has a link to the South Platte River Basin study, conducted as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment Program.
Update: For all of you water junkies, check out Water Resources. Lots of links.
Update: Water Resources: "Colorado Supreme Court Justice Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr. has provided an excellent backgrounder on Colorado (and in many ways, by extension, western) water law (PDF). First published in '97, the online edition is updated through 2002."
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