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Pub. Date
2008.
Description
The recent drought and Colorado's rapid population growth have heightened interest in Colorado's water supply. The purpose of this pamphlet is to outline the major features of Colorado's water policy landscape including its water law, state water agencies, state financing mechanisms for water supply projects, and recent legislative activities to address Colorado's water supply challenges.
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Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Approximately 80 percent of the rain and snow that falls in the state falls west of the Continental Divide; however, most of the state's population and irrigated agriculture is on the eastern side. Consequently, water users have been diverting water from west of the continental divide to the eastern plains. There are 39 transbasin diversions in Colorado including 25 diversions that move water from the Colorado River Basin to eastern plains of Colorado....
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Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management--and perils in the mismanagement--of water in the western United States. It offers important lessons in the age of climate change and underscores the necessity of seeking out the best science to support the decisions we make"--
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Pub. Date
2008
Description
This book is a passionate call to action from one of the leading voices in the global struggle for universal access to the earth's most vital elementa sequel to the acclaimed Blue Gold. In their international bestseller Blue Gold, Maude Barlow and co-author Tony Clarke exposed how a handful of corporations are gaining ownership and control of the earth's dwindling water supply, depriving millions of people around the world of access to this most basic...
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"Wars of the future will be fought over water, as they are today over oil, as the source of all life enters the global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling fresh water supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens fighting for the right to survive. Past civilizations have collapsed from poor water management. Will ours too?"--container.
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