Yampa River Freshwater Decarbonization

Gray or Green Infrastructure

The City of Steamboat Springs, Colorado is required to comply with the Clean Water Act along the Yampa River.

To meet this obligation, the city can install a water cooling tower, a form of gray infrastructure that requires extensive construction costs and materials, or they can install green infrastructure along the Yampa river, using riparian restoration methods to reduce stream temperature.

In-Situ Sensor Data

USGS Stream Temperature Data

These are the existing USGS stream temperature monitoring stations.

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