For the Love of Water

FLOW (For the Love of Water) will premiere at the Starz FilmCenter in Denver on Thursday September 25, continuing through Thursday October 2. Shown at the Sundance Film Festival in February, this comprehensive documentary illuminates the threats to our future global water resources, from privatization to pollution, that have affected communities from Bolivia to Michigan. Complete information about the film can be found at www.flowthefilm.org.Our hope is that FLOW will provoke discussion and a new level of thoughtfulness about global water resources among the greater Denver community. To launch the film, several special events will take place at the Starz FilmCenter:

• DOC NIGHT - Director Irena Salina will be in attendance and will lead a discussion with the audience on Thursday night September 25. A small reception will follow. Please visit www.denverfilm.org for more information about our programs.

DISCUSSION PANELS  - Following the 7 PM screenings on Friday September 26 and September 27, leading experts on Colorado water resources will discuss FLOW and relate it to water issues affecting our community.

• DOC DAY - There are still openings for high school students to see the film and learn more about our water resources at 10 AM on Friday September 26. Director Irena Salina will also participate in the discussions.

For more information or group ticket sales, please contact Ann Collier, Denver Film Society Outreach Coordinator, at ann@denverfilm.org. You can also purchase tickets online at www.denverfilm.org.

Weekly water roundup: Oil shale, Udall and Schaffer, geothermal, Colorado River, Rueter-Hess, NISP

John Orr - Colorado Water Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-395-Colorado-Water-Examiner~y2008m9d7-Weekly-water-roundup-Oil-shale

Water crisis to be biggest world risk

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - Telegraph.co.uk

A Goldman Sachs report said water was the "petroleum for the next century", offering huge rewards for investors who know how to play the infrastructure boom. The US alone needs up to $1,000bn (£500bn) in new piping and waste water plants by 2020.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/06/05/ccwater105.xml

West Slope eyes ‘water bank’

From the Vail Daily

Bob Berwyn Summit County Correspondent Vail CO, Colorado

Rather than buying the water outright, towns and other water providers and users could agree to leases that would kick in during dry periods, when the potential for a compact call looms greatest.

http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20080904/NEWS/809049957/1078&ParentProfile=1062

BLM releases final oil shale plan

From SignOnsanDiego.com by the Union Tribune

By Judith Kohler

ASSOCIATED PRESS  - 5:43 p.m. September 4, 2008

"Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter accused the Bush administration of “last-minute maneuvering in its waning days” rather than acting responsibly. "

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20080904-1743-wst-oilshale.html

CU study: Reservoirs partly responsible for invasive lake species

Boulder Daily Camera By Brittany Anas

A growing number of dams and man-made reservoirs is leading to a surge in unwelcome lake-water lurkers, such as zebra mussels and spiny water fleas, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado.

Impoundments create “stepping-stone habitats” for invasive species to sneak into natural lakes, ponds and waterways, where they disrupt the natural habitat.

The research team combined data on water chemistry, the distribution of five “nuisance invaders” and boating activity from the Great Lakes region for the study, according to Pieter Johnson, an assistant professor at CU and one of the lead authors.

Zebra mussels recently jumped to reservoirs in the West, including Colorado, Johnson said, leading to mandatory boat inspections at some landings. Other invaders are either already in Colorado — the rainbow smelt and water milfoil — or have a high probability of being introduced, such as the spiny water flea and rusty crayfish, Johnson said.

In Boulder, officials are looking to hire two inspectors this month to make sure zebra mussels don’t hitchhike on visitors’ boats and make their way into the Boulder Reservoir, disrupting the biodiversity, said reservoir manager Stacy Cole.

http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/sep/03/cu-study-reservoirs-partly-responsible-invasive-la/

Dealing with river trash

Durango Telegraph by Missy Votel

Summer flows on the Animas have receded, but the trashed remains from one of the busiest river seasons in memory have hit an all-time high. At least that’s the feeling among several local river users who say unprecedented recreational use of the river this summer has taken its toll, and they are asking the city to step in.

“This was the busiest year I can remember in terms of boaters, and more importantly, tubers,” said Ty Churchwell, president of the Five Rivers Branch of Trout Unlimited. “And the trash along the river shows it.”

A member of the city’s Animas River Task Force, an advisory committee to the Durango City Council, Churchwell and other members of the Task Force met with the city this week to discuss options for alleviating the trash problem, most notably beer cans, bottles, orphaned flip flips, Styrofoam coolers, and popped tubes and other miscellaneous discarded river craft

“It’s on the minds of everyone on the task force, and we want to ask the city about what can be done,” he said.

http://www.durangotelegraph.com/telegraph.php?inc=/08-09-04/localnews.htm

Environmental report for Chimney Hollow shows possible effects of reservoir southwest of Loveland

By Pamela DickmanLoveland Reporter-Herald

http://reporterherald.com/news_story.asp?ID=18920

Felicia Muftic: This week, it’s the Republican’s turn

Sky High Daily News - 08/31/08  [note: this isn't a partisan piece] By Felicia Muftic My View

"...a large group of Fraser Valley Lions members, some Rotary members, members of Trout Unlimited, public officials and interested citizens gathered in the Fraser Park to unveil a bronze statue of Dwight Eisenhower fly fishing in the Fraser....."

http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20080831/COLUMNISTS/808319992/1079&ParentProfile=1067

'New frontier' of water choices awaits state

By CHRIS WOODKATHE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN

"The era of water development in Colorado is over, and the state’s new task will be to manage the water resources it has...... "

http://www.chieftain.com/articles/2008/08/25/news/local/doc48b23fb8db5c2809428422.txt