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Rural towns squeezed by state’s bureaucratic delays and shifting wastewater mandates

Water Education Colorado, Approved, State / April 16, 2025 / Administrative state, CDPHE, Government agencies, Government overregulation, Rural Colorado, Wastewater treatment permits, Water issues

Dozens of small towns in Colorado have banded together to protest new wastewater treatment permits that are designed to protect state rivers and streams, saying they contain new rules that are too costly to implement and they haven’t had time to make the necessary changes to comply.

The controversy comes as climate change and drought reduce stream flows and cause water temperatures to rise, and as population growth increases the amount of wastewater being discharged to Colorado’s rivers.

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