Colorado Water
Castle Rock is looking for ways to avoid drying up the acquifers the town depends on, according to the Denver Post [February 1, 2005, "Castle Rock taps water ideas"]. From the article, "If nothing changes, Castle Rock's demand for water will overtake its underground supply in less than 50 years, according to a report that town leaders will hear tonight...The report names three areas where renewable water can be obtained in any great quantity: Arkansas River Basin, by buying up irrigation water rights from farmers; Upper South Platte River, by joining with other south metro utilities to get supplies from Denver Water in wet years when water is abundant; Lower South Platte River, by collecting and recycling water used initially for irrigation."
Update: Valley Courier: "New State Representative Rafael Gallegos has hit the floor of the Colorado House of Representatives running.
Since being sworn in as the new state representative for House District 62 this month, Representative Gallegos has already introduced two bills and begun service on three committees...Gallegos[base '] second bill, which will move through the senate under the sponsorship of Senator Lewis Entz, is a water quality bill introduced shortly after Gallegos was sworn in mid-January. Gallegos said the bill would assure that any time a water judge moves water from one division or one basin to another, the water quality will remain high." Thanks to MakesMeRalph for the link.
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