Go with the Flow
The 3 common names of H2O 'states'; solid, liquid and gas.
What is ice, water, steam?
This covers 927 sq. miles, and has its headwaters in Woodland Park, CO.
What is the FOUNTAIN CREEK WATERSHED?
This company has been actively working to reduce its water usage, primarily by reusing a significant portion used in its brewing process, returning most of it to Clear Creek.
What is COORS, (MOLSON/COORS)?
Oui Oui! Derived from a French word, this is either a man-made or natural place where large amounts of water gets stored.
What is a reservoir?
This beautiful 800-acre lake was created in 1967 by damming Lake Fork Creek, creating water storage for the Front Range cities of Aurora, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
What is TURQUOISE LAKE?
This water that is deliberately applied to land, typically for agricultural purposes, through a man-made system.
This 'heavy' Colorado town is closest to the headwaters of the Arkansas River, on the east slope of the Sawatch Range.
Where is Leadville, CO?
This Fort Collins, CO based company has worked to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, transition to renewable energy, and fund research into climate-resilient crop varieties, and donated nearly $17 million to nonprofits working on land and water conservation.
What is NEW BELGIUM BREWING (FAT TIRE)?
Not a horse with a reddish-brown coat, it's partially surrounded by land and usually smaller and less enclosed than a gulf.
What is a bay?
Name for a stream or river that flows into a larger stream, river, or a lake, but does not flow directly into a sea or ocean
What is a TRIBUTARY?
A circular movement of water in a stream or river that is counter to a main current, causing a small whirlpool.
What is an eddy?
The unit of measurement that describes how much water flows past a specific point in a set amount of time.
What is CUBIC FEET/SECOND? (CFS)
This cow town capitalizes on beer-loving residents, brewing more beer than any other city in the United States on any given day.
What is Denver?
Overallocation, decreased precipitation, increased temperatures, and climate change have greatly reduced the flow of this waterway.
What is the Colorado River?
These (2) adjectives typically describe WATER on Earth, with the chemical formula H2O.
What is TRANSPARENT and TASTELESS? (others accepted at the host's discretion!)
A U-shaped bend in a river that can become a lake cut off from the main river channel.
What is an oxbow?
An increasing number of wineries are locating along the Colorado's Front Range, but the original and most number of vineyards are located in this other region.
What is the Grand Valley (Grand Junction/Palisade)?
90 Shilling, medium-bodied amber, remains this company's top selling flagship ale, named for a Scottish method of taxing beer.
What is ODELL BREWING?
A low-lying area of land that's shaped like a bowl or sink--our state has many of them: Arkansas, Rio Grande, Gunnison, Colorado, South Platte, Dolores, Yampa, Green...
What is a River Basin?
A key step in the Earth's water cycle, this is the process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere.
What is TRANSPIRATION?
Created as a democratic social institution, these irrigation ditches or canals were built by Hispano communities to transport water from a river, spring, or mountain stream to irrigate fields of corn, beans and squash.
What are ACEQUIAS?
The two crops that use the most water in Colorado, accounting for nearly one-third of the Colorado River's water...and don't say hops for beer!
What are ALFALFA and GRASS HAY?
A bottle of wine is about 85% water, but the exact amount depends on the wine's sugar level, other factors, and this, abbreviated ABV.
What is Alcohol By Volume?
Melting snowpack in the Rockies forms the Colorado River, which flows to a lake named for this American geologist, U.S. Army soldier, and explorer of the American West.
Who is John Wesley Powell? (Lake Powell, Utah/Nevada)
Ew, gross! Water that is cloudy or hazy may have water quality issues; scientists measure this to determine the potential health of aquatic ecosystems.
What is TURBIDITY?