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<br />, o-ov. Bill Owens' priority for 'a'st~dY,' ' : der ,the. coioractq ,:,:aive! ~oirip'(
<br />. of new supplies. ',," ' ", Imt doesn.t use," ',:' ,<', )',;""i
<br />',The::BigStraw;sq'namedbecause, ColQrado~ught.:, '.':I'h~ '1922 Color~dq,River':Co
<br />itwCiU1dsuckoutColorado'sunused' ' Extra charges for Wa.ter-hogs pact diVided up the flows be '"
<br />portion ofthe Coloradc;> River at,the' , Colorado, -utah, New M~co~
<br />utah border..is envisioned to pump , " :become more likely. 21A. . rmng, ~Cln,a, california and Nev
<br />, 'at le,aSt 40p,;OOOacre-feet....:- enough' ' 'da.Co16raddhasnevertakenit'
<br />for about..2: million people' '-" " ,.;'., .' share ~ it.is,entitledtosorilE!
<br />through, tunnels and" pipeliI).es'-to :day'after the Colorado ,water Con- rilillion acre~feet ',- which'
<br />- 'Front RaDge :citie& north. south and 'servation Board agreed to ask the states have usedtor decades.": "':i,
<br />east ofDEmver.- ..", ' ,legislatw'e for $500;000 for .~ techni- ,'the'~g strawwiis 'first dis~ed)
<br />:- , ,: PUEBLO ~ The Big' S,t:('aw, a: Western Slope townS also 'could . calfe8.&ibility study: .',: ' ' , in. 19?8 'as~ the, Colorado Aqueduct:
<br />,mega water proJect that would cap-, ,b~nefit froI'n the project. " "1 don't, know that The Big Strl(lw Itetun'u Project;.: 'or ,CARP, In"l~:!
<br />: tUi:e millions of,gallons-to offset fu- ,,"Tl1egqvemorhaSbeenloOk1ng.at will,work, but. we'shc:nlld'finq ou:t..., 'present'.f~earnatlon, it"is projectlild-
<br />'ture droughts 'and nQurtsh growing' , it for some time," Greg Walcher. di- Walcher s~d. "It'woul~'t.take wa", '"that TheI3ig Strawwotild c0stmo:re~
<br />, ' lITpnt,' Range cities; surfaced at, Ii 'rector of the C;olorado Department -: ' ter away ,from ,anyone else in Colo- ' r ,: .' :: '.', '.' '- " " ,\
<br />'i,,' state':age~~ ,~eetir1g this 'w'~ek as ,of Natutal Resources, said Wednes- 'fado: It is water Colorado o~ un-, : , . . ','Flip t~ W ATE~~n,$O~.
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