Bridges over Rueter-Hess?
Douglas County's uncontrolled growth is causing planning problems for future traffic and future sustainable water supplies (via Rueter-Hess Reservoir) according to the Rocky Mountain News [November 26, 2005, "Road, reservoir proponents square off"]. Coyote Gulch loves this quote from the article, "Koch counters that his department has engineered the bridges to keep the water supply safe, including berms and containment ponds to catch any harmful runoff. 'None of the water from the road would go into the reservoir,' he said." Yeah, you bet.
Here's an article from today's Denver Post dealing with the creation of a metropolitan water authority [November 26, 2005, "Lawmakers urge cities to pool water resources"]. From the article, "Legislators and leading experts in Colorado's competitive water-rights system say it is time for new and growing cities along the Front Range to consider banding together, possibly as a metropolitan water authority, in an effort to bring down the high costs of delivering water to residents...Critics say the mad dash for municipal water, conducted in competition and secrecy, has helped push Denver-area utility fees to record levels and encouraged absurd stockpiling. Getches cited purchases by the city of Thornton, a city of 106,000 that regional forecasters say could grow to 185,000 in the next 25 years. The city hired a broker in secret and bought enough water for 300,000 two decades ago, but court battles and delivery obstacles have kept the city from using it."
Category: Colorado Water
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