The Colorado water roundtables are gearing up, according to the Rocky Mountain News. From the article, "Colorado has set aside $40 million in grants to help communities across the state analyze local water needs and study potential partnerships to ensure that everyone has enough of the scarce resource. The cash represents a major step for the state as it tries to lure warring urban and rural interests to the negotiating table to stave off looming water shortages. The money is flowing from the state's severance tax fund and will be doled out over the next four years. How to spend the cash is up to a series of regional roundtable groups that represent the state's eight major river basins and metro Denver. More than 300 people are participating in the roundtables. Russell George, executive director of Colorado's Department of Natural Resources, is spearheading that effort. George said he hopes the money will help Colorado examine a broad range of options, from environmental water needs to conservation projects to farm needs."
Category: Colorado Water
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