Colorado Water
Seven south metro water districts have agreed to a conservation effort to help preserve the acquifer they all depend on, according to the Denver Post [May 7, 20004, "South metro water districts unite to conserve aquifers"]. From the article, "Participants will form the South Metro Water Supply Authority in the next two months. That should open the door to negotiations with Denver Water to import water through its pipelines, as well as with the Summit County and Colorado River water districts, said Pat Mulhern, the project's manager. The plan will preserve non-renewable groundwater supplies by using surface water in "wet" years, Mulhern said. In dry years, the area will rely on the area's aquifers, he said...The water districts each will build and pay for pipelines to connect to each other or Denver Water's pipeline, Mulhern said...The collaboration will involve the Douglas County Water Resource Authority, Centennial Water and Sanitation District, the town of Castle Rock, East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District, and Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Authority, in addition to water districts in the Castle Pines North, Cottonwood, Meridian, Inverness, Stonegate and Roxborough Park areas, officials said." Good idea.
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