A Guy Named Brian (he/him)Oct 21

“Testing wastewater was a key tool for detecting COVID-19 as that virus rampaged through the U.S. and Colorado when the pandemic hit.

Now, water treatment utilities and public health officials are joining forces to track, and for the first time in Colorado, identify in wastewater another highly contagious serious airborne disease caused by a virus: measles.”

#PublicHealth #Measles #COVID19 #Colorado #CDPHE #WaterTreatment #Wastewater #WastewaterMonitoring

https://www.cpr.org/2025/10/21/colorado-wastewater-measles-testing/

Colorado is now testing for measles in wastewater

It’s already given public health officials an early warning, when an outbreak hit Mesa in August.

Colorado Public Radio
Alan BucknamAug 20, 2025
A reminder to folks in #Colorado’s Front Range that when it’s hot and dry it’s almost always a bad day for #ozone. #CDPHE has issued an Ozone Action Alert for today, so if you are sensitive to respiratory issues take it easy and if you usually drive a gas-powered vehicle please minimize your trips or plan them so you don’t have to drive today. Everyone’s lungs (including yours!) will thank you #cowx
https://www.colorado.gov/airquality/colorado_summary.aspx
CDPHE - Colorado.gov/AirQuality

Nam HendersonJan 10, 2025
"The South Platte River is seen from Metro Water Recovery on April 6, 2022, in Denver. Metro Water Recovery is the largest wastewater treatment facility in the western U.S. and treats up to 130 million gallons of water daily" https://coloradosun.com/2025/01/03/critical-water-quality-permits-designed-to-protect-streams-backlogged-but-numbers-are-improving/ via @coloradosun re: #CDPHE #NPDES #WaterintheWest et al.
Critical water quality permits designed to protect streams remain backlogged, but numbers are improving

Colorado health officials say a massive permit backlog that has left hundreds of water systems in administrative limbo has shrunk in the past year, though more work remains. Last year, […]

The Colorado Sun
Doug GrinbergsMay 6, 2024
Re: Deer Trail, Colorado missile silo injured trespasser rescue: 9NEWS Denver (NBC affiliate) did Oct. 2016 piece "Why is no one allowed in this strange old missile silo in Colorado?" Explored creepy former Cold War Titan site with owner. https://youtube.com/watch?v=eFsvtiUpBUM
#CDPHE info: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/hm/titan-1-missile-complexes
#DeerTrail #Colorado #Titan #ColdWar #MissileSilo
Why is no one allowed in this strange old missile silo in Colorado?

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