Peter Mayer
@peterwmayer.bsky.social
Water expert, musician, husband, father, human.
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Price for northern Colorado dams soars to $2.7 billion, scaring a key customer as builders scramble to cut plan
Price for northern Colorado dams soars to $2.7 billion, scaring a key customer as builders scramble to cut plan
The cost of the sprawling Northern Integrated Supply Project around Fort Collins soared to $2.7 billion, scaring off a key customer and forcing a cutback.
coloradosun.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Price for northern Colorado dams soars to $2.7 billion, scaring a key customer as builders scramble to cut plan
Really?? Game 7s for the Nuggets and Avs are set for the same time on Saturday. Denver sports fans get no love from NBA or NHL schedulers, but at least modern TV can put both on the screen at the same time.
May 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Really?? Game 7s for the Nuggets and Avs are set for the same time on Saturday. Denver sports fans get no love from NBA or NHL schedulers, but at least modern TV can put both on the screen at the same time.
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If you have ever wondered how the leaders of America’s most powerful institutions would react if a would be despot sought to seize power in the US and strip away our most basic freedoms while destroying our economy, national security and institutions…now you know. They’ll roll over and play dead.
April 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
If you have ever wondered how the leaders of America’s most powerful institutions would react if a would be despot sought to seize power in the US and strip away our most basic freedoms while destroying our economy, national security and institutions…now you know. They’ll roll over and play dead.
A federal judge orders construction to stop on Gross Dan expansion and permits re-written.
coloradosun.com/2025/04/03/g...
coloradosun.com/2025/04/03/g...
Federal judge orders Denver Water to stop Gross Dam construction; Army Corps must rewrite permits
Federal judge issues injunction halting Denver Water's Gross Dam expansion, orders rewrite of Army Corps permits.
coloradosun.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A federal judge orders construction to stop on Gross Dan expansion and permits re-written.
coloradosun.com/2025/04/03/g...
coloradosun.com/2025/04/03/g...
Made some new friends today at the Growing Gardens dairy.
April 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Made some new friends today at the Growing Gardens dairy.
People have fought to protect the wetlands at CU South for years. It isn’t over.
savetheworldsrivers.org/press-releas...
savetheworldsrivers.org/press-releas...
PRESS RELEASE: Save The World’s Rivers Will Wade Into The CU South Permitting Process – Save The World’s Rivers
savetheworldsrivers.org
March 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
People have fought to protect the wetlands at CU South for years. It isn’t over.
savetheworldsrivers.org/press-releas...
savetheworldsrivers.org/press-releas...
Tariffs are just like a tax hike. All Americans will soon pay more for essentials like food and cell phones and shoes. Those who can afford it the least will be hit hardest, as usual.
Why? What's the policy objective?
a. $$
b. Piss off Canada and Mexico
c. Putin said do it
d. ____________
Why? What's the policy objective?
a. $$
b. Piss off Canada and Mexico
c. Putin said do it
d. ____________
March 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Tariffs are just like a tax hike. All Americans will soon pay more for essentials like food and cell phones and shoes. Those who can afford it the least will be hit hardest, as usual.
Why? What's the policy objective?
a. $$
b. Piss off Canada and Mexico
c. Putin said do it
d. ____________
Why? What's the policy objective?
a. $$
b. Piss off Canada and Mexico
c. Putin said do it
d. ____________
More than 1,000 protesting Musk and Trump’s firing of federal workers at NOAA on 3/3/2025.
March 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
More than 1,000 protesting Musk and Trump’s firing of federal workers at NOAA on 3/3/2025.
Estimated total water withdrawals in the US (fresh and saline) by sector from 1950 - 2020. Water use has become dramatically more efficient and per capita use has declined steadily over the past 40 years.
Data source: USGS.
Data source: USGS.
February 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Estimated total water withdrawals in the US (fresh and saline) by sector from 1950 - 2020. Water use has become dramatically more efficient and per capita use has declined steadily over the past 40 years.
Data source: USGS.
Data source: USGS.
An attentive herd in Boulder last week.
February 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
An attentive herd in Boulder last week.
"the voters decided, by that one-percent margin, that we, as a nation, shall officially cease to believe that we are changing the climate; we’ve given ourselves license to linger in the denial and anger stages – denial that it is happening, and anger at anyone who wants to blame us"
- George Sibley
- George Sibley
Romancing the River: To Halve and Have Naught | Sibley's Rivers
sibleysrivers.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"the voters decided, by that one-percent margin, that we, as a nation, shall officially cease to believe that we are changing the climate; we’ve given ourselves license to linger in the denial and anger stages – denial that it is happening, and anger at anyone who wants to blame us"
- George Sibley
- George Sibley
Another favorite shot from 2023 - Kvalvika Beach, Lofoten, Norway.
December 9, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Another favorite shot from 2023 - Kvalvika Beach, Lofoten, Norway.
Ever been to Lofoten, Norway? It's pretty awesome.
December 2, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Ever been to Lofoten, Norway? It's pretty awesome.
Water nerd, 2024.
November 25, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Water nerd, 2024.