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137: Fountain Creek Water Quality – What the Data Tells Us

Peak EnvironmentBy Dave GardnerMay 1, 2025Leave a comment

What do 68 monitoring sites and over $1.3 million annual investment in data collection tell us about Fountain Creek? Colorado Springs Utilities water quality expert Annie Berlemann provides some answers

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135: The Future of Fountain Creek – Panel and Community Discussion

Peak EnvironmentBy Dave GardnerApril 3, 2025Leave a comment

A panel discussion with Fountain Creek Watershed District Executive Director Alli Schuch and Jim O’Donnell, author of Fountain Creek: Big Lessons from a Little River, followed by a dynamic community conversation.

City leader Richard Skorman is the guest

Outdoors with Hiking BobBy Bob FalconeMay 22, 2024Leave a comment

What is Richards Rubbish Roundup?

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Episode 71 – An Interview with Palmer Lake Sanitation District

Beyond the DaisBy Scott AndersonJanuary 3, 2024Leave a comment

In this episode we discuss the nature of the sanitation district’s growth and how ARPA grant funding helped propel one of their projects forward.

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Episode 60 – An Interview with Widefield Water and Sanitation District

Beyond the DaisBy Scott AndersonOctober 18, 2023Leave a comment

In this episode we discuss the water district’s efforts to provide water across a large area and how ARPA grant funding helped propel one of their projects forward.

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Episode 54 – An Interview with El Paso County Executive Director of Planning & Community Development Meggan Herington

Beyond the DaisBy Scott AndersonSeptember 6, 2023Leave a comment

In this episode we talk about the facts and fiction surrounding PCD and why water is such an important topic of discussion.

Episode 3: Mixed Issues & Mixed Drinks

The Maverick ObserverBy Cianna ReiderFebruary 1, 2023Leave a comment

What’s our favorite cocktail, and what’s up with Monument’s water? You’ll have to tune in to find out!

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93: Colorado Water Plan 2023

Peak EnvironmentBy Dave GardnerOctober 6, 2022Leave a comment

An update on the Colorado Water Plan from Jeff Rodriguez, Regional Water Coordination Specialist with the Colorado Water Conservation Board.

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90: Conserving Water at Home

Peak EnvironmentBy Dave GardnerMay 31, 2022Leave a comment

A dry winter, long-term drought, and record low levels in major Colorado River reservoirs have all of us wondering what we can do to minimize our water consumption.

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89: Our Water System and Meeting Future Demand

Peak EnvironmentBy Dave GardnerMay 15, 2022Leave a comment

How will Colorado Springs meet its water needs for the next 50 years?

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81: Creek Week 2021 and the Watershed

Peak EnvironmentBy Dave GardnerSeptember 22, 2021Leave a comment

Creek Week events give you an opportunity to take care of our local water resource.

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68: Northern Water’s Regional Water Efficiency Program

Peak EnvironmentBy Dave GardnerFebruary 6, 2021Leave a comment

Frank Kinder, Water Efficiency Program Manager for Northern Water, updates us on the conservation work of this regional water provider.

Aging with Altitude:2 Housing Reimagined

Aging With AltitudeBy Melissa MartsNovember 4, 2019Leave a comment

How does a senior service agency get into the work of housing without building its own complex?  Silver Key in Colorado Springs, Colorado spent months doing listening sessions to find out where the gaps were for older adults and housing.  Once they started to pick up on trends they crafted a new position within their…

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21: PFAS Contamination in Our Water

Peak EnvironmentBy Dave GardnerApril 4, 2019Leave a comment

The chemicals used in firefighting foam, Teflon, stain-resistant carpet, outdoor sports apparel, and even the lining of your movie theater’s popcorn bags, are everywhere. Since they were first developed in the 1950s, they’ve become so widely used that traces of them have been found in the most remote regions of the globe, and in the…

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16: Sustainability in Progress: Water Quantity

Peak EnvironmentBy Dave GardnerMarch 1, 2019Leave a comment

Water is in short supply on the Front Range of Colorado. You probably knew this, but the details might surprise you in this episode of Peak Environment. Where will the 20-plus metropolitan water districts in El Paso County get their water in the future? Water rights are already being shifted from farms in the Lower…

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Peak Environment: #9 Rainwater Harvesting

Peak EnvironmentBy Dave GardnerDecember 12, 2018Leave a comment

Now that Coloradoans are able to collect rainwater, with some limitations, you’ll want to pick an expert’s brain about smart rainwater harvesting. In this episode of Peak Environment, we’re sharing permaculturist Becky Elder’s “Rainwater Harvesting” class from the 2018 People’s Tiny House Festival. This episode of Peak Environment comes to us courtesy of Pikes Peak…

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Peak Environment: #6 For Love of Bluegrass (Or Maybe Not?)

Peak EnvironmentBy Dave GardnerNovember 1, 2018Leave a comment

“Stop Dissing the Grass,” was the cry of turf expert Nick McNamee to permaculturist Becky Elder. In the arid southwestern United States, thirsty, manicured grass lawns have been getting a bad rap. Is it deserved? Or is there more to the story? This episode of Peak Environment brings you a fascinating discussion held at the…

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Peak Environment: #2 Sustainable Landscapes

Peak EnvironmentBy Dave GardnerJuly 26, 2018Leave a comment

What does it take to have sustainable landscapes in our city? Does this mean removing all plants and putting rocks in our yards, or cutting down all the trees to save water? Heck no! Learn from experts in lawn care, utilities, and the city’s foresters. Speakers: Catherine Moravec, Water Conservation Specialist at Colorado Springs Utilities…

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CityTalk – October 7 2016

CityTalkBy Dave GardnerOctober 7, 2016Leave a comment

Heartburn over parking rates doubling at the Manitou Incline, Jan’s pet peeve, the Utilities budget and water for city parks, medians and historic trees. A new apartment building for the homeless. QuikCycle coming to town.

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Council Matters – Sept 22 2016

Council MattersBy Dave GardnerSeptember 22, 2016Leave a comment

A River Doesn’t Run Through It: Tom Strand takes a shower, and vibrating toilet seats caused by fracking. The Colorado Springs Utilities water tour, water rights and water wars. John Wayne. RX drugs in the water? Colorado Springs’ “pure and spectacular” water. Contaminated water in Security/Widefield. Bill Believes “we in Colorado Springs rise to the…

Outdoors with Hiking Bob Podcast: Water and Boating Safety

Outdoors with Hiking BobBy Bob FalconeAugust 24, 2016Leave a comment

Hiking Bob talks with boating and water safety instructor Mike Badger

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#1: World Population Day & Water in the West

Paving ParadiseBy Dave GardnerAugust 21, 2016Leave a comment

GrowthBusters director Dave Gardner examines the insanity of watching water levels in Lake Mead drop while campaigning to grow the population in places like Arizona and Nevada. Also, why no mention of overpopulation or population growth by the UN on World Population Day?

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