Pikes Peak Regional Water Authority

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Thank you for visiting the web site of the Pikes Peak Regional Water Authority.

We hope that you find the information posted here to be useful. Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can provide you with more information.

For information concerning legislative bills of interest for the 2010 Colorado General Assembly, please use the link above and go to our Issues page.

We have created and posted a glossary of terms frequently used in the discussion of water policy and water law. Please use this link to access the glossary.

In conjunction with Colorado Recycles, we have developed an informational paper concerning the proper disposal of unused medications in order to minimize the amount of prescription medications and personal products that are finding their way into the municipal wastewater system. To review this paper, please use this link: PROPER DISPOSAL OF OLD MEDICATIONS, SHARPS AND MERCURY CONTAINING DEVICES

The SMARxT Disposal Program: At the recent symposium concerning the presence of pharmaceuticals in the watershed and in the water supply, a presentation was made by representatives of the Pharmaceutical Research and Research Manufacturers Association of America about their program to assist the public in securing information to help them dispose of unused or expired medications in a safe manner. The information compiled by PhARMA extends much of the information in our policy discussion background paper (link to paper above), and may be accessed by using this link: http://www.smarxtdisposal.net/.

Among the findings from the symposium was agreement among the professionals that even though trace presences of some pharmaceuticals have been detected in watersheds, those trace amounts have not been shown to pose any human health threat. The professionals agreed that there should be more scientific research conducted to monitor the water quality but that the information that is currently available through the scientific community does not warrant public health concerns. The professionals also agreed that the most effective strategy that can be employed while more research is being conducted is proper disposal in landfills by the consuming public. Such disposal is safe, easy and convenient and can be undertaken by everyone.

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Next Meeting

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PIKES PEAK

REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY AND ALL OTHER PERSONS TO WHOM IT MAY BE OF INTEREST

Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the Pikes Peak Regional Water Authority will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at the office of Gary Barber located at 421 South Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903, to discuss water resource issues, specifically negotiations with Super Ditch Company and any other matters that may come before the Board.

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Next Regular Meeting

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors for March, 2010 will be held on March 17, 2010 at

Woodmen Hills Community Center West at 11720 Woodmen Hills Drive, Falcon, CO 80831

The meeting will begin at 8:30 AM

Agenda
(Pending)