Colorado Water
The state plans to increase funding for a closely watched study to determine if Front Range residents can keep their Bluegrass, according to the Rocky Mountain News [October 23, 2004, "Water conservation study to expand"]. From the article, "The Statewide Water Supply Initiative, as the study is known, was launched 16 months ago in response to the drought. The idea was to help lawmakers understand the state's water needs and what role policymakers could play in managing the state's water supplies. The final report is due Dec. 1. To date, the study has shown that even as the drought eases, Colorado's water needs will soar 53 percent by 2030 as 2.8 million more people arrive. The state will need an additional 630,000 acre-feet of water - enough to serve another 1.26 million households. An acre-foot of water equals about 326,000 gallons. How that water is supplied - whether through additional transmountain diversions, the drying up of farms, aggressive conservation or water recycling - is a critical question Colorado has yet to answer."
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