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> ever-increasing demand being placed on the system from development

Glad to see recognition that people and industry could help by reducing water usage. Huge consumers such as Denver Water talk about conservation yet new residential and commercial developments still seem to be built as if water is unlimited.



> water is unlimited

It's supply & demand. The solution is to raise the price of water to reduce demand.


> It's supply & demand.

It's also: not my problem, let someone else deal with it, while I make money NOW and they don't even really know the extent of the problem. It's also how we got here, and we continue to let speculators externalize costs to society at large.


Denver is on the other side of the continental divide.


The collection systems are in the mountains. Denver Water owns reservoirs west of the divide.

https://www.denverwater.org/your-water/water-supply-and-plan...

Careful study of a park service map for RMNP will show a tunnel. It is a water tunnel serving northern Colorado on east of divide. Fascinating construction history.

https://www.northernwater.org/what-we-do/deliver-water/color...





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