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Small Town Struggles With Mine Over Clean Drinking Water

By Christopher Biddle • Feb 3, 2021
  • Somerset Water District board member Debbie Pennington and board president John Mlakar
    Somerset Water District board member Debbie Pennington and board president John Mlakar
    Roberta McGowan, courtesy of The Sopris Sun

Residents of a tiny, unincorporated, coal town on Colorado’s Western Slope are pitted against billionaire mine owner Bill Koch in a fight for clean drinking water. KBUT’s Christopher Biddle wanted to find out if this ‘David vs Goliath‘ story is as simple as it sounds.

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