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In warmer, drier future, how will Colorado meet its water demands?

Colorado Water Conservation Board releases draft plan that details how state will deal with mounting pressure from climate change, population growth

Rancher Paul Bruchez helped build this ...
Rancher Paul Bruchez helped build this man-made riffle seen below in a portion of the Upper Colorado River that meanders through his familyÕs ranch in Kremmling, Colorado on Aug. 31, 2021 in Denver. Bruchez worked with the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), and others, to create man-made riffles in three areas in the Colorado River. Riffles are shallower, faster moving sections of a stream where rocks break the water surface. Riffles are important to fish habitat because as water rushes over the rocks it adds oxygen to the water. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - DECEMBER 12: Judith Kohler - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | jkohler@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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A draft update to a statewide water plan projects significant supply shortfalls for both urban and agricultural users by 2050 in the face of climate change and more people.
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