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The environment desk at Aspen Public Radio covers issues in the Roaring Fork Valley and throughout the state of Colorado including water use and quality, impact of recreation, population growth and oil and gas development. APR’s Environment Reporter is Elizabeth Stewart-Severy.

Sewage issues remain at Residences at Little Nell

Residences at the Little Nell promotional photo

Five months after discovering fecal matter leaking from the Residences at the Little Nell into Aspen’s stormwater drainage, the hotel remains cut off from the city’s system.

City of Aspen stormwater manager April Long said the hotel has not completed all necessary tests to show that sewage is no longer seeping into stormwater. Workers at the Residences at the Little Nell have identified and repaired a crack in a basement sewage vault, but they have yet to test all pipes that may be contaminated or leaking.

The sewage from the hotel is going to the sanitation district, but all stormwater from the area is being contained in a vault and pumped out.

The hotel needs approval from both the city and the state before returning to the public system.

Aspen native Elizabeth Stewart-Severy is excited to be making a return to both the Red Brick, where she attended kindergarten, and the field of journalism. She has spent her entire life playing in the mountains and rivers around Aspen, and is thrilled to be reporting about all things environmental in this special place. She attended the University of Colorado with a Boettcher Scholarship, and graduated as the top student from the School of Journalism in 2006. Her lifelong love of hockey lead to a stint working for the Colorado Avalanche, and she still plays in local leagues and coaches the Aspen Junior Hockey U-19 girls.
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