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Wednesday, July 6, 2005
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Rutt Bridges was hanging out in Southwestern Colorado over the weekend in his bid to succeed Bill Owens as Governor, according to the Cortez Journal. From the article, "Bridges suggested Colorado should consider water banking, a process used in Arizona that takes access flows and stores water in alluvial streambeds containing gravel. 'You can use these areas as mini-reservoirs,' he said. Water could be stored underground by injection, and in some cases parks could be built on storage beds or lands could be prosperous for livestock grazing, according to Bridges, who said the process would take place near high snow-melt regions. 'If you don't have a big snowpack, then you don't bank,' he said. Bridges said he 'unconditionally' favors referendums C and D on this year's ballot."
Category: Denver November 2006 Election
6:35:18 AM 
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 Congressman John Salazar is telling Aurora to back off moving any more water from the Arkansas River to the Denver suburb, according to the Denver Post [July 6, 2005, "Salazar wants Aurora out of Arkansas pool"]. The congressman is worried about moving water out of the basin of origin. Water moved to another basin can be used to "extinction" under state water law. Extinction means that the water can be reused with no obligation to return any to the rivers in the new basin or the basin of origin.
From the article, "Congressman John Salazar waded into an ongoing water feud between city dwellers and farmers with a letter urging Aurora to stay away from grabbing more Arkansas Valley water. Aurora officials say no such water grab is in the works, and any water lease would require that farmers be compensated."
Category: Colorado Water
6:18:18 AM
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