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<br />Money comes calling in a remote poo(yall~y ',.
<br />~RJckBoycl1uk c;n~nci~r/dov~loper Sam 'BCIZberJ; Former ~I~~. ~kk. ~"~l!:~" '~:J;~iif ". c"-- !',
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<br />Range Of to thc Slate's 'rural WClStcm f' IikelObuiId"waterprojccl!.';-". ,~"' ~",r,' ' mcmbciof'lhe;UNWorld eo.nmisSion ~~' sayslha1undcr-Ihe'WLOlage",uf:lbc rl[lJl~
<br />Slope. ,J_;. ""-, ;'_0,.' ..n.!"" :i.:'Willism-RucteJshaus,Connerhead 00 the Bnvlronmcntand"BconomY;.and'l': scniorman,OIennSaunde.t$:;:theDenvu
<br />Howcver, lhis delB(;bmenl may'be ; of the EPA, is a dlrecrnr and investor. has lmPMssive conneclions with inter- :Ji Water Board bccam~ ~a,weIl-oiJed, wcll-..
<br />Cl'lding.Thellll11OWlCCdvetoofDcnver's . , ";' Cundcdsuprapolilicalmachine_Jl)'ing.to_
<br />proposed Two Forks Dam. may ,->:\,\1\- ~ ~ purloin waUl( from every me.: of__lhe
<br />eventua1ly pUl the valley at tbe cente'rof "I;' -Slate." So it's no surprise thai ,the man
<br />Colorado polilics and its ongoing ~ CUJTemly running AWDI, president Dale
<br />slruggleforansppmachtDwafer. .:: Shaffer, is II former cha.im1an of _the
<br />The likely veto by the EPA has sent ~" DenverWa\er Boont .";,,,_ """ _
<br />Denvet llI\d ilS suburban alUes in search f!: According to a _confidential com.
<br />of a polilical SOlution. Tbey hope to Ii pany document, American Waler
<br />bludgeon lhe EPA and its political allies B Development Inc.'s S!rlltegy is 10 set .
<br />illlo submission, and to thereby 'revive ilSeIfup as a "water bon!;....}n !he shan
<br />the proposed 51 billion dam, which is !em, the company plans 10 Ieasc Water
<br />inlCnd_l'ld to provide the metropolitan from Front Range communities with
<br />area with -waler wcll inlo Ihe 218t swplullCs and re-lease it to communities
<br />CCIlIUr)', . with shortages. The report notes thai
<br />But others see the defeat of Two communities with surpluSes have been
<br />Forks as bcm1ding a IlCIW Cf1I, and now reluctant 10 lease Ihem because of
<br />opporwnily. uncertainty, over whether lbey can get
<br />While Denva- development interesIs now ~plics eventually_
<br />plan- to cominllt to figbt for Two Fom
<br />with Irltditional political weapons, a
<br />groupofwealthyinveslorsbasSCIupa
<br />water ~OJIIIX'IIt company in Denver
<br />to s.1ake lhc thirst of the Fronl Range.
<br />Thein~inthecompany,American
<br />Water Development lnc., think it is lime
<br />forthcprivatcSCC<<ll'lOlIIOveinlOwhat
<br />hastmdiliooailYbCcnthcpreservcoflhe
<br />U.s. Cmps of EnglneetS, lhe BlIR!8II of
<br />Rcc1amalion and big citlcs.
<br />AWDl officials have been walking
<br />qulcl1y beblndthesccDeSlOdclivcrup 10
<br />200,000 acre.feet of water to the Front
<br />Range. This is Iwice what Two Forks
<br />would havesupplitd IlIId morelhan thCI
<br />130,000 aCfe.fe$t Denver's 500,000
<br />residents use in a year. AWPI's
<br />optimistic management and owners
<br />bclieve lJlCy can sidestep thepolitica1
<br />deadlock that Is frustrating the
<br />oeveloJl!llCl'ltofncwwatcrsupplies.
<br />The company has financialclouL IlS
<br />investors include Vancouver_bascd
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<br />A vastQl{uif~;
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<br />A WDlplans 10 rCllllSure
<br />surplus.holderslhrough
<br />the cOlDpany's major
<br />llllllCC the promise of200.oooacro-Ceet
<br />of wafer a year from a vastaquifertl1at
<br />underlies the remote San Luis valJeyin
<br />southern Colorado. A WDI owns a
<br />lOO,lJOO.acrcraIlchin thcvalJey.
<br />The amount would indeed be
<br />reassuring; the Denver Water
<br />Department in 1988 supplied 240,000
<br />acre-feenoitsonemiltJon Denver and
<br />sublllbanusers.Compallyoffieialssay
<br />the aqllifer mtly beRs large as Ihe
<br />Ogallala aquifer, which nourishes
<br />farmland in seven mid_wesU~m Slates.
<br />But AWDI ean'l simply sian
<br />drilling wells. lis plan to pump water
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<br />Cleaning grain llIos In Center, Colorado
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