Although the region did encounter a wet year in 2023, the Colorado River basin reservoirs remain very low (1). “We must plan for the river we have – not the river we dream for,” Becky Mitchell, Colorado’s commissioner to the Upper Colorado River Commission, said in a statement to CNN (2). Below are a sampling of some studies using chromatography that have helped address pollutants, and other issues, in the Colorado River. Analysis of Colorado River water revealed predominant APEOs, mainly octylphenol and nonylphenol ethoxylates, with concentrations over 100 ng/L in some samples. DOI: 10.1186/1752-153X-7-104(7) Schmidt, J. C.; Yackulic, C. B.; Kuhn, E. The Colorado River Water Crisis: Its Origin and the Future.

Source: CNN May 02, 2024 13:07 UTC