La Junta’s E. coli levels test over triple safe limit, following Pueblo’s raw sewage spill into Arkansas River - Bent County Democrat

La Junta’s E. coli levels test over triple safe limit, following Pueblo’s raw sewage spill into Arkansas River - Bent County Democrat

La Junta’s E. coli contamination reached levels of up to 770.1 colony-forming units per 100 milliliters of water, according to city officials, which they said was more than three times the state’s 235-CFU safe swimming standard, on Sept. 6, following the Aug. 26 incident which saw approximately four million gallons of untreated, or “raw” sewage spilled into the Arkansas River near Pueblo, according to state health department data.

Sewage spill from Pueblo has reached Lake Meredith

(CROWLEY COUNTY, Colo.) — Crowley County said the sewage spill from the City of Pueblo's Wastewater facility has traveled from the Arkansas River to Lake Meredith, and the public is advised to avoid contact with the water in that area. On Aug. 26, raw sewage started leaking from a wastewater facility in Pueblo into the [...]

Colorado State Officials Working with Produce Growers on the Arkansas River to Mitigate Potential Sewage Spill Impacts

PUEBLO, Colo. — The Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) and the Colorado Department Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) are working with the City of Pueblo, Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment as well as other local, state and federal partners to mitigate potential impacts from an accidental release of approximately 4.25 million gallons of […]