Volunteers conducting cleanups along Denver’s South Platte River encounter a wide variety of cast-offs along its banks: shopping carts, food wrappers, guns — even obscure relics like car phones from the 1990s. While a new era of river revitalization projects and riverside development plans is taking hold, water quality often remains below state standards.
Denver’s South Platte River Still Isn’t Clean Enough To Swim In. Here’s Why Changing That Is A Challenge.
Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post
Sun, 09/08/2024 - 5:00am
Topics: denver s south denver mayor michael hancock if jon novick denver department public health environment s wastewater suncor energy ddphe good e colorado water quality control commission s victoria britto confluence park june photo helen h richardson/the denver post mile high flood district s holly piza related articles how front range rocky mountain national park s sensors adams dupont elementary attempts carla madison recreation center colfax avenue denverites there s mile high roundup south denver s denver platte novick novick part related big e colorado the piza colorado news here s clean swim challenge city coli nutrients fertilizers people nitrogen tracked overcome polluted conditions eventually bacteria arsenic development investments aquatic standards flow wash improve exceeded finally officials don summer reaches stormwater phosphorus infrastructure riverfront transform aim waters
BING NEWS:
- The Best Way to See Switzerland? Jump Into a River
Writer Bonnie Tsui travels to three Swiss cities to take part in the country's beloved tradition of river swimming.
11/1/2024 - 9:01 am | View Link - Parker Water and Castle Rock sign partnership to store South Platte River water
Castle Rock joins Platte Valley Water Partnership, a collaboration for water storage and conveyance. The project aims to meet long-term water needs.
10/31/2024 - 9:25 am | View Link - Salmon swim freely in river for the first time in 100 years after dam removal project: 'I am incredibly humbled to witness this'
A mass fish die-off in 2002 encouraged greater efforts to bring the dam down. A report from the Yurok Tribal Fisheries Program, detailed by the BBC, found it was a "substantial causative factor" for ...
10/24/2024 - 12:58 am | View Link - More
Welcome to Wopular
Wopular is an
online newspaper rack,
giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.
Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular,
MWB,
RottenTomatoes
MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site
- "Expendables 4" Starts Shooting This Fall, Says Randy Couture at the Arnold Sports Festival more
- “Expendables 4” Gets Funding Interest from “Ip Man 3” Financier more
- "Ip Man 3" Distributor Suspected of Box Office Fraud, Parent Company Loses $200M in Market Cap more
- Yen Targets "Ip Man 4" for 2018 Release; Discusses Film with Director, Producer more
- "Ip Man 3" Shatters Expectations with $72M Opening [China Box Office] more