Just weeks before completion of construction, Northern Water has confirmed uranium has been discovered at the site of the Chimney Hollow Reservoir and Dam. … Now near-complete, the Chimney Hollow Dam is the fourth largest dam in Colorado and the largest built in the United States since the year 2000. Northern Water is now working with the Environmental Protection Agency to monitor the levels of uranium being detected. … Northern Water currently plans to begin filling the reservoir in August. (Northern Water spokesperson Jeff) Stahla said the discovery of the uranium is not enough to derail the project. Citing the reservoir’s eventual capacity of hundreds of billions of gallons of water, Stahla said there is a possibility the initial fill of the reservoir will wash the uranium off the dam and dilute it. Eventually, as water cycles in and out of the reservoir, the concern of the uranium may not longer be an issue.

Other Colorado River Basin news:

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• Bureau of Reclamation: News release: Interior Department and Bureau of Reclamation announce new funding for water projects in Colorado​
• Post Independent (Glenwood Springs, Colo.): Middle Colorado Watershed Council presents ideas on how to restore Rifle Creek