Need a Diversion?
Posted by tomkrol on February 1, 2012 in Conservation, Legislation and Advocacy, Water Quality
Are you one of those people who believe that facts still matter?
A new study commissioned by the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments looks at the economic – and other – effects of trans-mountain diversions on Colorado’s headwater counties. The quote below explains a key goal of the report:
“The report provides a counterbalancing perspective to the recent attention to the adverse economic consequences of purchasing agricultural water rights from properties on the Eastern Plains. This report is descriptive; it does not take issue with Front Range municipal water users or Eastern Plains agricultural users. All parties have important and worthy concerns and points of view.
