Where does Colorado Springs get its drinking water?

Colorado Springs gets its water mainly from surface water, ground water, and purchased water. 75% of our water comes from many mountain streams (surface water). It is then stored in reservoirs. The resevoirs in this area consist of the Homestake, Fryingpan-Arkansas, Twin Lakes, and Blue River systems. Most of this water is transferred through pipelines that help to protect it from contamination. The water is then stored at Rampart Reservoir and at the Catamount reservoirs on Pikes Peak. We also use local ground water sources, such as wells.

Water cycle

The water cycle is the process where water moves through the environment. The sun is the main energy for the water cycle. this cycle has a beginning and the beginning of that is Evaporation and the end of it is groundwater. If there was a puddle of water on a sunny day the puddle will first go into evaporation, then turn into condensation. After the condensation it turns into precipitation (rain, snow, or hail) which runoff and become groundwater.

Safe Drinking Water for All (Group14)

Safe Drinking water for all

1. What, specifically about your topic, are you going to research? i Think we should research dose water affect people in different countries and what kind of water are they able to drink?
   
2. What conclusions did you come to?  What do you recommend average citizens do to make a difference?  Be specific.  This is the main part of your assignment. I think citizens can make a difference not wasting as much water just simple things,   like watering your yard for an hour when it only takes 10-15 min or things like 30 min shower. safe drinking water is something that we all need to keep healthy and alive.
3. What would happen if, worst-case scenario, nobody listened to your recommendations? I think if nobody didn't listen then many people i poor countries would not have safe drinking water and could get very sick.some people billions of people are not able to get safe drinking water a day. 
4. What would happen if, best-case scenario, everybody listened to your recommendations? If everybody listened to our ideas then we could save millions of lives by one saving bunches of water. and putting water sanitizers for everybody. so when they get water they could at least have nice and clean water a day.                        
   

Penny lab

Procedure: Put one penny down on a paper towel and then dropped droplets of water on to the penny until the  water spilled over the edge. 

Hypothesis: My prediction was that I would be able to fit 8-10 drops on a penny.

Result: The actual result was 21 drops of water.

Explanation: I believe I got these results because of surface tension. Surface tension pulls water molecules tightly together to form a dome. This tension allowed more water to stay on top of the penny. 

I learned that water has a lot of surface tension and is cohesive. Surface tension pulls water molecules together.