ON THE COVER:
Circular patterns created by
center pivot irrigation can be
seen from space dotting the
floor of Colorado’s arid San
Luis Valley. But the aquifers
that water the crops also
replenish the Rio Grande
and increasingly, it looks as
if there will not be enough
water for both. Read more
about this dilemma on page
34. Photo courtesy of NASA.
SEPTEMBER 2020 COLORADO | NEW MEXICO | WYOMING
ROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEW
8 RMSAWWA Executive Director and
RMSAWWA Chair
10 RMWEA President
SCIENCE, RESEARCH &
TECHNOLOGY
26 A New Perspective on Organics
Monitoring for Biological Treatment
OPERATIONS
30 Low Maintenance Makes Large Bubble
Compressed Air Mixing a Winner for
Loveland
HOT TOPICS
34 Hundreds of San Luis Valley Farm Wells
at Risk as State Shortens Deadline to
Repair Rio Grande River
MANAGEMENT PIPELINE
37 Introducing the Streaming Water Podcast
OF SPECIAL NOTE
39 Northern Water Funds Sustainable
Landscaping Projects
41 In Memoriam: Jack Sampson
INDEX OF ADVERTISERS
42 Advertisers Information
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CONTENTS
FEATURES
COLUMNS
12 Optimizing Pellet
Softening for
Hardness Removal
in Groundwater
Sources and
RO Brine
20 National
Western
Center to
Source Clean
Energy from
Wastewater