Tag: colorado department of public health and environment
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Advisory lifted for John Martin Reservoir amid sewage spill
Colorado Parks and Wildlife lifted its recreation and water-contact advisory for the John Martin Reservoir on Friday after tests repeatedly showed E. coli levels were safe for recreation, according to a news release by the agency. The advisory was issued after 4.2 million gallons of untreated sewage spilled from the city of Pueblo into the…
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Regulators knew this marijuana product was harming people. It stayed on shelves for more than a year
Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found. This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. In March 2022, Colorado public health officials started…
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Regulators knew this marijuana product was harming people. It stayed on shelves for more than a year
Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found. This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. In March 2022, Colorado public health officials started…
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Regulators knew this marijuana product was harming people. It stayed on shelves for more than a year
Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found. This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. In March 2022, Colorado public health officials started…
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E. coli in Arkansas River up to 24 times above safe levels after Pueblo sewage spill
E. coli in the Arkansas River tested well above safe levels after a 4.2 million-gallon untreated sewage spill in Pueblo, tests by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Thursday and Friday showed. Samples collected several miles downstream of the Pueblo Wastewater Facility recorded over 2,400 colony-forming units (CFU) per 100 mL, above…
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Taste, odor issues in water hit northern El Paso County
Water officials in northern El Paso County are attributing unusual tastes and odors in tap water to a seasonal algae bloom in Lake Woodmoor. Residents and businesses served by the Woodmoor Water and Sanitation District serving the unincorporated Tri-Lakes community east of Monument across Interstate 25 have raised concerns in recent weeks about an earthy,…
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Programming, partnerships and outreach expand to fill gaps in health care workforce
What’s the first thing a primary care doctor addresses when they meet with a 28-year-old female patient with trouble staying asleep, fatigue, a lack of appetite, headaches and skin flare-ups like acne and eczema? CU Boulder employee and University of Colorado Colorado Springs graduate student Mary Gately posed that question to a group of high…
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Fire danger continues in the Pikes Peak region ahead of snow, 80-degree heat
Red flag warnings were issued across much of southeast Colorado on Friday amid continuing abnormally warm conditions in the region. The National Weather Service in Pueblo forecast humidity levels as low as 7% with winds gusting up to 60 mph during the warning period from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Smoke from wildfires in western…
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Ranch owner who built 8.5-foot fence in Colorado faces $66K per day fine
SAN LUIS • A Texas businessman who built an 8.5-foot-high fence partially around his ranch in Colorado’s San Luis Valley could face fines of up to $65,544 per day after state regulators determined runoff from the disturbed land could contaminate area water supplies. The Cielo Vista Ranch, which traces its origins to a Spanish land…
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Nixon Power Plant in El Paso County receives state order over drinking water treatment
The Ray D. Nixon Power Plant and Clear Spring Ranch facility are the subject of a state enforcement order that says Colorado Springs Utilities has missed a deadline for installing treatment necessary for safe drinking water. Colorado Springs Utilities, which was fined just over $1,000 by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, was…