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<br />FEATURE ARTICLE
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<br />A pm}fl"t ,{,J,t' \r;ua !:(II/c.uum fil/uuLuioll
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<br />From Growing Crops to Growing Cities:
<br />A Look at the Changing Use of
<br />the Colorado River
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<br />Throu~h ~'MJb]i,hl11"lH u( rhl" I ')U2
<br />HnlJnJJli"ll ;\(1. rhOU',ll11h.., ,cukr,
<br />ht'J.d,'J \X'nr!lJ 'ow lhe fl:pnn\ ;Hil]
<br />1.111.1, u'lIlg .....JIt'T g,'ncrarl.d prinlJrily b,
<br />U.~. HUle.1Il of 1{,,(l.ull.llion (HUH';I\I)
<br />pr<'i<'n" ToJ.l\', dww l(-dn.l] rWj<:U'
<br />'llppl~' 0"1'1 10 p,'ru'lII 01.111 ,url.ltt"
<br />......I.1'.f irrig.l'i"ll in lh., LlIlll'll S!.Iln ~
<br />!ill I'l"f(l'nt 01 \\hidl j, Illlhl" 'Ulllh\\'nl-
<br />nn U.S. in,luding the Culor.ld" Riwr
<br />RI_IIll. There" Ind" Jd',llc .lhnlll till:
<br />pmJudi\'il~ of Ih,,'<" It-ni!.: t:UIll,. \0111("
<br />"flh,' mOM t~'nllld In rhe world, Ih.!1
<br />conTrihu[t',Ill CSllfllJlcJ 1'1 !'c[,t'm of
<br />the flJ.lion's 'ot.!.! I:WP, JnJ li\'('lll'>lk .mJ
<br />Cf('aIC millioll$ of Jol!Jr~ 1I1 r~'n'nu~'~
<br />Jnnu.llly.
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<br />Hu, J~"rill" .1f,:rtLuhurc\ e.Hly (.1nJ
<br />("l1Il1lu~'Jl rrorninenH' in lhe \Vt"'l. 11
<br />W;NI'llollf,: t.l'fore lh... urlxlIl 'IJt" of lh~'
<br />dn'c1"pnl~'1lI njU.lll<ln t.q-:.lII it, (lu~'S1
<br />t~lr w.un .1\ welL
<br />wZ\:o I,ne C'1l"i\.If,:eo ,h~' I'ln~'1II
<br />t"1I<Hmuu. urt..1Il J~'nul1<1 .1l10 .1'Lelr:r.ll-
<br />Hlf,: II'" uf w.\fer that w~:rt" 1"l'erienLing
<br />lud.I\' and will (nlllllHlt" 10 WilllO\ IIllll
<br />tht" tUlun..,* s.lId Sllrri, Ilundk'~',
<br />hi,torian .Il1dalllhtll,,( /1'((;'(,[1 lI,/rft
<br />.Ino IL:I//,r ,md rI" trhf. "i\., I.Hl." .1' lh...
<br />lllO\.t"nl<'lll lilt Wh.11 h~'(.lllll' th~' RoulJt"r
<br />(:.Inn"l ALt ltltlldin~ "h.I' J' 11""
<br />.I,,<w<'r Il.lJJl]. urb.ln inlerest \\,[, ill
<br />hyJrol.kHfi..iry r.uh..'f r1Lm WJt~.r.w
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<br />WThJ{ .lll ,h.ll1~cO "h"'ll \'('illialll
<br />,\lulh,I[I.IIlJ W~'1lI1lJ \\'a,hinglOlI. D.C.
<br />III 1'12.\ .1lI11 told C"l1~rn';'[ .UI1 hne in
<br />,h~' illlere.'l ot Jomesli, W.Hn 'lIl'ply t~lf
<br />fht" (il~' ot Lm Angdes....
<br />SitKe ~lulhollJnJ l1uJ(' his iniliJI
<br />plldl (U COIlf,:H'" tin ;111 urb;lll WJll'r
<br />sUl'l'ly,"'llieslhr,}ughout Iht"\'\'nt h.ln'
<br />L<IlHlI1u<.J to grnw .Il eXLepril,tlJl Lltt"S.
<br />(~"ml',lr~'o wllh lh... r~.,t lIf,hC' U.S..
<br />\Vt"slnn 'l.lle, .1f~' growing at lIearly
<br />d"ut.I~' lht" 11.11lnrl.ll.lver.lg~':.\1 pefCt"1lI
<br />vcr'll\ )9 pnlTIlt. Hut wilh IInit" Walt"1
<br />SUrrll~" .1\'.liLlhl~' lilt Jevd"pm~'lll,
<br />where h.l"~' lh~.,<' wurh.i11 In;hil'd,l~'''*
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