Tuesday, June 11, 2019 — ACCWA supports the Albany County Commissioners’ proposed temporary moratorium on further development in the aquifer protection zone. However, ACCWA believes that the Albany County Zoning Resolution now in place gives the county the authority to address the threat presented by re-starting operations at the gas station formerly known as Tumbleweed […]

May 2019 — The May 2019 Septic System Impact Analysis in Albany County aimed to answer questions related to soil nutrient removal capacity in the CAPA. Click here for an overview of the study. Click here for the full report.

Albany County Clean Water Advocates (ACCWA) will present information on the re-opening of the former Tumbleweed Express gas station at a community meeting on Wednesday, July 24, at 7 pm in the Albany County Public Library meeting room. The former gas station is located over the Casper Aquifer, which provides at least half of our […]

The failure to provide continuous fuel sales and the lack of a necessary license show that allowing the former Tumbleweed Express gas station to re-open is contrary to Albany County’s zoning laws, according to Albany County Clean Water Advocates (ACCWA). “We are about to have 33,000 gallons of fuel placed on top of one of […]

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 ACCWA supports the Albany County Commissioners’ proposed temporary moratorium on further development in the aquifer protection zone. However, ACCWA believes that the Albany County Zoning Resolution now in place gives the county the authority to address the threat presented by re-starting operations at the gas station formerly known as Tumbleweed Express […]

Casper Aquifer Protection Plan 6.12.2018

On September 6, 2017, the Albany County Commissioners signed a purchase agreement to buy approximately 5000 acres east of town from several holding companies owned by the former Warren Land and Livestock Company (now Doug Samuelson). The acreage connects the eastern edge of Laramie to the Medicine Bow National Forest and would provide excellent outdoor recreation opportunities as […]

The City of Laramie Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) ultimately decided that they would not “relax” the Casper Aquifer Protection Plan (Table 15.08.040.A Prohibited Activities.)  list of prohib uses The proposal to relax Prohibited Uses was based on a memo by a city consultant and supported by City Planning staff. The memo and subsequent staff […]

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HAS THE AQUIFER BEEN CONTAMINATED? The 2013 East Laramie Waste Water Feasibility Study evaluated 115 private wells and found that “approximately 65% of the East Grand area wells that were sampled show nitrate contamination, with 4% of the wells exceeding the EPA Drinking Water Standard for nitrates which is 10 mg/l.”  [link] Background nitrate concentrations […]