Arkansas River

Water in the West: Documenting the Change

March 4, 2024

RJ Sangosti and Elliot Ross, former and current Ted Scripps Fellows at CU Boulder’s Center for Environmental Journalism, use photography to show immediate and long-term water concerns through the rapidly changing Western landscape.

Illustration of Colorado Acequia

How Law Students Are Keeping a Historic Water Distribution Tradition Alive in Southern Colorado

March 4, 2024

For the last decade, Colorado Law students have supported the legal needs of acequia communities in Colorado's San Luis Valley through the Acequia Assistance Project.

Maria Kuntz

Editor’s Note: Spring 2024

March 4, 2024

Water in the West is a complex, evolving and non-linear system as water levels rise and fall with each year’s rainfall.

Katja Friedrich

Can Cloud Seeding Stem the Water Crisis?

March 4, 2024

CU Boulder's Katja Friedrich is known for her work in cloud seeding, a process used to generate precipitation from existing clouds.

PureSip Founders

Water Purification Through a Straw

March 4, 2024

The student prototype, PureSip, protects digestive health and the environment.

Barker Reservoir

Ensuring a Reliable Water Supply for the City of Boulder

March 4, 2024

Kim Hutton, water resources manager for the City of Boulder, reflects on what it takes to provide water for Boulder.

water in the west

A Solutions-Based Approach for Western Water

March 4, 2024

Far before the university’s earliest days, the natural landscape—and water, specifically—has played an important role across Colorado and the West.

skier illustration

Protecting Colorado’s Declining Snowpack

Nov. 7, 2022

A deep snowpack isn’t just a boon for skiers and snowboarders. It’s a critical resource for all of humanity.

El Dorado Springs

CU Alumni Own Eldorado Artesian Springs

March 11, 2022

Forever Buffs control the natural spring water in Eldorado Springs, once considered the “Coney Island of the West,” and hope to maintain the area’s history.

person in a flipped tube

Photo of the Week: Tube to Work Day

July 24, 2019

A quintessentially Boulder event, Tube to Work Day returned for its 12th annual aquatic commute Friday, July 19.

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