From TheDenverChannel.com (Mike Iliopoulos):
Conservation Colorado gave a low letter grade to one river millions of people in the Denver metro benefit from: The South Platte River Basin received a letter grade of “C”.
“We have a number of different factors we look at for the river,” said Theresa Conley.
Conley serves as the advocacy director for the agency. She notes the South Platte River received a low grade for water quality, the flow of water from basin to basin and for the seven dams along the river. Those dams can have an impact.
“It changes how much water can flow down, the timing of those flows,” said Conley. “It can increase water temperature of the river, which we know, can be harmful to fish aquatic species and a number of habitat.”
The report says conserving water can help with some of the problem in the South Platte River Basin…
Conley said the report can, hopefully, shed light and inform people about the rivers problems.
