To increase plant production capacity, the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, recently completed a major renovation at their Marys Lake Water Treatment Plant (WTP). Estes Park is mountain community located northwest of Denver with a permanent population of approximately 11,500. It serves as the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park where yearly visito...

Raw water quality after a forest fire in the watershed is highly impacted and the impacts directly affect the ability of any water treatment plant to produce potable water. Presentation of multiple examples of water quality impacts after fire is followed by a detailed discussion of treatment responses, which apply to all plants regardless of the p...