Is it okay to flush cat litter down the toilet?
Metro Water Recovery does not recommend flushing cat litter down the toilet, even if it is labeled “flushable.” While flushable cat litter is made from biodegradable materials, cat feces may contain infectious bacteria that can impact human and animal health specifically, the parasite toxoplasma gondii that causes Toxoplasmosis.
Water Quality Division Wraps Up 2022 Electrofishing Surveys
Since the early 1970’s, Metro Water Recovery has monitored the water quality of the South Platte River. Every fall, Metro’s Water Quality Division conducts field surveys and bio-assessments to determine how Metro’s discharge impacts and affects the river’s aquatic environments. The collection of fish data via electrofishing provides the backbone of aquatic life assessment along the […]
Where Does Your Water Flow After it Swirls Down the Drain?
The average U.S. household uses 50-80 gallons of water each day. It swirls down the drain, but where does it all go? Between two wastewater treatment facilities, Metro Water Recovery (Metro) treats about 135 million gallons of wastewater per day from sixty-one municipalities – translating to about 2.2 million customers within an 805-square mile service area. […]
Charting Our Course – The 2022 Strategic Plan Update
2016 was only a handful of years ago, yet how the world has changed between then and now. Barack Obama was President of the United States, Star Wars: The Force Awakens was a blockbuster in theaters, and we were living in “the before times” of the COVID-19 pandemic – not yet knowing what “the before […]
What’s in the Water? Check out Our Report and Infographic
To clean water and recover resources from 2.2 million people is a tricky business that takes a lot of technology. Metro’s technology is timed, designed, and built to meet environmental regulations for water quality downstream of our treatment facilities. Founded to protect waterways in the Denver region, Metro sends water quality scientists and other volunteers […]
Guide to PFAS: Help Us Keep PFAS out of the Water Cycle
Paddle boarders enjoying the still waters of Barr Lake. With your careful power of choice as a consumer, you can help us limit PFAS from entering the water cycle to preserve Colorado’s water for future generations. PFAS—which stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances— are synthetic chemicals used by manufacturers to produce many household items since […]