Waste

The same Environmental Protection Agency crew that caused the Gold King Mine spill is again catching flak for using potentially toxic material from a mine waste pile to improve a road north of...

City Utilities Director Steve Salka resigned from his post on Thursday, effective immediately. He cited a disagreement with City Manager Ron LeBlanc as the reason for leaving his position. Salka...

Regulations for private septic systems will change in the next 12 months and some possible rules could help protect groundwater and give homeowners more design options. The state recently released...

It’s amazing what people will throw out, and nobody knows that better than workers at the landfill. Montezuma County Landfill manager Shak Powers couldn’t stand watching his bulldozers crush and...

The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to review its regulations on how companies should dispose of oil and gas waste, a result of a lawsuit brought on by several environmental groups in...

More materials could be kept out of regional landfills, now that Phoenix Recycling has opened a new plant. The facility on County Road 307 opened in July, and it could process all residential...

The rates for trash and recycling may increase next year to help pay for a new recycling center that could be built in 2021. As more people move to Three Springs and Twin Buttes, the city will...

Refined designs for the sewage-treatment plant may leave room for a basketball court in Santa Rita Park. But there is not enough space to leave room for the volleyball court that will be displaced...

The estimated cost of the sewer plant remodel has increased from $58 million to about $60.8 million, city staff members told Durango city councilors on Tuesday. Labor costs, material disposal and...

The landscaping and design around the new administration building for the sewer plant will draw people down to the Durango Whitewater Park, consultants promised the Durango City Council Tuesday. ...

Residents will have their first opportunity on Wednesday to see preliminary designs of the new administration building for the sewer treatment plant. In November, Durango voters approved $68...