The 2021 Urban Water Cycle Bike Tour is live and ready for riders. For the 10th year, this fun, interactive activity connects Coloradans directly to their water. This year’s tour is a video, a web link and an app. The video can be found here and at www.barr-milton.org. The web link and App link are here. The App can be downloaded for free to your phone (both iPhone and Android are supported). The App is Colorado Trail Explorer (COTREX) and was developed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. You don’t have to have an account to use the App unless you want to post content. For some of us who need more help using the technology here is an article with instructions. This year’s tour begins where last year’s tour ended at Globeville Landing Park. The tour continues north along the bike path with stops at: the Burlington Headgate; Metro Wastewater Reclamation District; the confluence of Clear Creek and the South Platte River; ending at Thornton’s Wes Brown Water Treatment plant. The theme of this year’s tour is that to ensure we have enough clean water to sustain our Colorado lifestyle, our water is manipulated through extensive man-made infrastructure. Speakers along the tour include: • Brad Buchanan, CEO of the National Western • Jocelyn Hittle, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Spur Campus & Special Projects • Jeff Shoemaker, Executive Director, The Greenway Foundation • Keller Smith, Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company • Isaac Avila, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District • Jordan Parman, Water Quality Scientist, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District • Juliana Archuleta, Stormwater Administrator, Adams County • James Boswell, Water Quality Policy Manager, City of Thornton Sponsors of this year’s tour include: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment; the Colorado Stormwater Council; the Barr Lake and Milton Reservoir Watershed Association; Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure; and Water Education Colorado. The tour will run from Tue