Colorado Water
Parker, Colorado is planning to build a new reservoir to help with their future water needs by lessening the dependence on groundwater, according to the Rocky Mountain News [March 12, 2004, "Water project praised"]. From the article, "The Rueter-Hess Reservoir (will) be built southwest of Parker. Work will begin on the 135-foot dam this spring and the reservoir will start storing water in 2007. Rueter-Hess will be half the size of Cherry Creek Reservoir...No federal or state funding is involved, he said. Water users and developers will pay for the $105 million project through tap fees and user fees, Jaeger said."
Wyoming U.S. District Judge Clarence Brimmer has decided to "open his Cheyenne courtroom to anyone who wants to listen to arguments on whether citizen and environmental groups can sue the government over water management in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park," according to the Rocky Mountain News [March 12, 2004, "Hearing on canyon will be open to public, after all"]. Stream flows in the Gunnison River through the Black Canyon, under a recent agreement forged by Gail Norton, Secretary of the Interior, are of concern to many groups.
Meanwhile Colorado's list of polluted waters "has grown to 117 river, stream and lake segmentsover the last 15 years", according to the Rocky Mountain News [March 11, 2004, "Troubled waters rising"]. From the article, "The list of 'impaired' waters, approved Wednesday by the state Water Quality Control Commission, includes stretches in every major river basin, including the Colorado and South Platte, and involves nearly two dozen contaminants harming fish and degrading water."
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