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Another Colorado county considers “300-year rule” for water supply as population booms

County launches 18-month study to assess water supply and future development

New homes are under construction at the Sky Ranch development site in Arapahoe County on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
New homes are under construction at the Sky Ranch development site in Arapahoe County on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 2:  Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Arapahoe County may triple the amount of water developers will be made to bring to any new subdivision they build, as a historic drought continues to grip the region and demographers project the county's population to surge to more than 800,000 by 2050.
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