10 Life-Changing Ideas

Colorado research universities are involved in cutting-edge research that promises to change the world and improve our lives. Following are 10 potentially life-changing projects happening right here at home.

Using Less H20 — With American cities facing water shortages driven by climate change, growing populations and crumbling infrastructure, the National Science Foundation teamed with Colorado School of Mines in 2011 to come up with new, sustainable strategies for managing urban water. Mines will provide its expertise in water reclamation and reuse, subsurface modeling and contaminant reduction. One idea is to include natural water systems in the urban water infrastructure, to improve…