Colorado Water
Here's the latest snowpack news from the Rocky [March 2, 2005, "Some hope seen in snowpack"]. From the article, "March 1 statewide snowpack levels registered 109 percent of average, well ahead of last year but down slightly from last month's 114 percent, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service...The state's watershed is made up of eight major river basins. Those in the southwest continue to see spectacular snowpacks, with the San Juan basin at 145 percent of average and the Rio Grande at 147 percent of average. But the South Platte, which supplies about half of metro Denver's water, was the driest in the state, registering 80 percent of average. The other major supplier to metro Denver, the Colorado River basin, was 98 percent of average."
"March 1, 2005 Snowpack: Gunnison 133; Upper Colorado 98; South Platte 80; North Platte 88; Yampa/White 84, Arkansas 120; Upper Rio Grande 147; San Juan 145."
Also from the Rocky, "A divided Senate voted 19-15 for Senate Bill 62, which would limit water claims for kayak courses."
Here's an article on rural water problems around Durango from the Durango Herald. They write, "An area-wide potable-water system might better serve residents of rural La Plata County in place of individual wells - which in Southwest Colorado have become a hit-and-miss proposition - according to a report received Monday by county commissioners." Thanks to MakesMeRalph for the link.
Update: MakesMeRalph: "John Salazar (D-Manassas), who knows something about water law, being a potato farmer in a desert, is concerned about Josh Penry's (R-Grand Junction) inter-basin water compact legislation."
Maybe HB 1177 is a 2 billion dollar slush fund to finance water grabs. 
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