Water Quality
& Access

Water resources, education, and engagement

The Colorado Water Center facilitates outreach, education, and meaningful collaboration and engagement to address complex and evolving water-related challenges facing Colorado, including water quality and access issues. We do this by:

• Building relationships between higher education and Colorado’s water institutions.
• Providing Colorado communities with the skills and knowledge to engage in water discussions and advance water quality, access, and conservation with educational resources.
• Educating and inspiring the next generation of water leaders.

Salinization

Increasing salinization of water and soil resources in the South Platte River Basin pose a threat to agricultural production and municipal water supplies. The Colorado Water Center facilitates stakeholder engagement on South Platte salinity, working to identify stakeholder needs and translate them into research questions and applicable science. The goal of the stakeholder group is to better understand salinity sources, loads, trends, and potential impacts in order to develop collaborative solutions and management strategies in the municipal, agricultural, water-supply, and environmental context of the Basin. 

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Water quality and affordability

The Colorado Water Center partners with local, county, and state organizations and leaders to tackle critical water quality and affordability challenges in mobile home park communities. In 2024, in response to resident-identified water quality concerns, we co-facilitated the planning and distribution of 400 water filters to a local mobile home park. Our work with communities is ongoing, focusing on both short and long-term solutions to improve water quality and access. 

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