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<br />~' ~Q~~~edfrOm~,'.' :",.~,;:. .'.' ',:' ,',',"w~',nee,d.'t~~~/~~itrife~~ as "~Q~ IWd 'DOU~ Qo~
<br />tban $5 billion ~ about the saine~as ' ,bJe and then-we~ll'get cons~nsuS' tp, ,'ha~h:ip"~~ ~l:!J~ 'ip' '~evel~!!D..~-
<br />' penV~InternationalAirport,-~d" ~evelop~hewater:WaIch~~,Sai9.;."~t ' caiit-heWwater<'SllPplles,m'~
<br />;take at least If) years ~o comple~e,~f.'., : IS 'n?t farr to ask;the pub.lic ~bout It ,c.a~e. of ppb,li,Cl;Uld ~nv1fpmiIe~tal
<br />. Owens wasn't available W!'l~e~..:., untilwe~ow-itlStechnicallYfeasi- :oppo,sition.' , .... ',' .. ~'. ";.' ~."
<br />;', day for coliunent; but spoke'Swo~:' bl~ ':' " '.', .. " ." ", .',. ,.,' Joiillng' Walcher In' arguing for'
<br />':anAmySampson~aidOwens*,ants' ~alcher saj.d The :aig Strawwas',' $500,006, ,to :study' The .Big,.Straw.:
<br />. , to ~rease tb,~ :State's, water,suPPIy" one.. of several ,proje<:ts' that had.... were state Commissio:Qer ofAgiiCUl. .
<br />and, believes Th~ Big straw"~oul,d, been~~e~ before a ,bill to ere~ tureDo,~AIiiei1t~dGregHo$in;a
<br />me~tpresent,anqfutQren~~ds., '<ate$lOl;lillionmbondmoneyforwa- OWED. member and Grimd,Junc-
<br />, '. ~e, governor ,:'has said the',' terp~ojectsw8;8inttoduced;ln~~:pe:, ,tiOIiwaterattorney. " "..
<br />, project has enormouS potential and' " ~~~ 'session of :th.e 'legisla~e:' The 'Hoskin' hid' fist, brou~t, .'. the-
<br />. it is worth..s~~~the,feasibility,"', ' pr~pos~waSr~ect~tl:...,. ,: .". . . prOject tPthe (JWBc'inMarCli,buf
<br />' . sam.pso~ s~d. ;He s said th~~ Cola, '" A~ th~ CWCB meetmg, the sp~t- wa.$ ~ble to get.awone, to. ~nd
<br />: rQ,do,js lirooft,~'p stateV\The~~.~ the. ~disc~on~f~e..Big,~~statt-:, ::amotionto~dytheidea.. , . ' .
<br />, water f!owsout. 'The, project wo~~:: ed \y~en,the boar~ s,staffso~ght ap-: ,"18m not'W:ilJii1g to wait for- cOn-'
<br />,keeP ColQrado water m Colorado. ,'". ~ro:valfor a $J 'mfi!ion,;ve~lol.l:.gS:tate-, sensus," satdA.n1ent;' ':The' eonsen-
<br />," The Ji3ig,straw would iI?-v~lve tun-" '~de survey ofre~dents, cities, cotU:.1- suswill never be better than when
<br />nel~ and pipe.lines, t).'om .th~ CoIQ- ,ties,f~ers and oth~rS'pn what W~-.' eveiy citizen in the state is focused'
<br />, :~o-Ut$b?~er~~hrQ~ghthepon-, ,ter projects; dam ~pr~vem,ents, 'on drou~t. 'Don't miss the'chan~
<br />, tinent~ DI~de l1Ild.. ,Glenw9od andotherproj~we~neede,d Wal- 'tomove:onthiS" ,,' ,,;~,' ;' "',
<br />:SpririgsCanyQn, EUid,CO~d ~~ the', ,cher ,called, the research an~ther:: 'H1)skfu :saic( tMf~' . , ,
<br />D,e~yer.wa~er B.r;>ard.s,existmgres- !'blah, bl~ 'b~ study", that wou.J.d.,:.' OUS ,~6mpiicatibiils'" w{
<br />ervoIrs:, ,aI.1d 'p~umbmg .to reach. taketoolongand~ost~~uch ',' stra~'andthatiftiie'~
<br />FrontRangecIties; "'" ',,"Ourch!illengejstomake~oW"J' ...,':.. " ,'. " '
<br />, "DenveJ;'. would not need to be a ' 'gr~dchildren, and, ,those from ' ~.e~ ~o]ley" (or t,~ pro)
<br />part of it, but with J)illon 'reservoir ' ~~h ,in, Colo~do don't have to lieved:!:l!:agl~I': ~t" G
<br />"and.a, d,elivery 'system'in place, 'it's fac~ a drought af! we MVl'!.thisyear,".- ,POU~~QWl~IeS w?wd~,
<br />possible," Walcher said. " ' ',Walcher saiQ. "Looking at The Big ed,-as;w,ouldcities~orth;,~~~"
<br />" The 'Denver Water l3bard;'whose Strawisaprtority. We'lllQokatoth- 'eas1;ofPe~veF~', '.' . ,.~...,
<br />approval ~ essentiill'for use. of the 'er 'projects, too" but this' one has: ~e~gge.~ a ]ll~~~
<br />twmels. a.:Qd storage, Wa;;.. taken by ,been aroJ,Ind and talked aQout long . . n~ "ey,: a:, rme~.:, :' ,q.... .,...
<br />surprise. ' Walcher 'said Denver 'eno'ugb,tobell1okeda~." ',' '.' law;v~rWl.1:ohoW,headsth~B~~Uof
<br />" hadn't' 'been, contacted about. the Mike Seriet chief of the .CWcB's, ,'ReClimation, the federal dattl.:build-,
<br />, project becaustl"the feasibility was " supply pl~g and finance sec- ,ing~:ticy, 'and Gale No~n; tb~ . .
<br />'t,inknown., .' ,. , '.. tion; ~d~e projects, such as 'file '. Co~Orad9'~~t;Iey GeneJ;al who nC?W
<br />"It's an mteresting idea. but the: Big straw, hadn't ,been b1;1llt be- ~theInterior~artnient,todis-
<br />DenverWaterBoardl1aSneverbeen ,'ca~etherewex:e"fatalflaws.'" ~PQtentialprobletns. ,
<br />iorm8lly appriS~'d~f any 'such no- ..',''There, is ,a'reason ~h,ese'projeets" ,Am~nt! OW~ and WaJ.~er.d~-. .-
<br />tiOD,,:," said Jane Earle, spoke~om~haVen't been built. W~ because tp.ey9ped good relationships \YithRaley ,
<br />anfQrtheDenver'WaterBoard. ' 'are dogs;". Serlet saitl. "The ,Big and Norton before belngappointed to
<br />, "TPe:plari also was news to ,seve~:: Straw involves ,a water linethtt;>ugh" ptesidentGeo~Bush'~cab~et." .
<br />CWCB 'members attendi:tig, th~' ,G).enwood O<inYon~:')'he bighwaY .AI;nent ~'said then: ~.the po- '.
<br />three-day ,meeting,including' Eric, ' there took ,20 years.,)'he ~viron~ tentialto,generate,dectncityfromthe:,
<br />'Wilkinson, who'rep~e~ents' : the: ment.allSts will eat us alive.~ '.' . downhill flOWS to o~ the pumping.,
<br />, , SOuth Platte River Basin., ~:: Mpst,.of Colora9.o's'.!najor water . ~ to get the '\\Tater oyer the Conti- .
<br />Wilkinson",sa1dThe, Big straw ,projects were 1'w;I.ded by the federal ,n~talb1vide;, "." '
<br />, project ':tieed$ 'public' coriSensus 'government,inthe,19DOsfor,1'ai:mlng ", ~e',beauty of '!'he $g straw is' ,
<br />". . first. EnviI:.Qnm~ntalisSues aild'ptib': . 'and,cities. The l$t project, the Ani- " that evenrone get.fa ~kat getting . .
<br />:' lie ,bppo:sition' 'killed Dinver'sTWo 'mas La Plata insouthwestem Colo~ " water ft'om it," AInent S8id, referring ,
<br />'Forks wateqiroject and others.:' rado, was proposed in 1968, deiayed' "to'W~stern SloPe intereSts that hilve.. _:
<br />"There are' a lot ,of 'grenacte lob- for decades and'started cofis1;ru,c, battled ,the FrOnt' Rarige.for water Iii '.
<br />bers out :there and,ui1leS$ we have tiont.hisyear.. ':. 'thepast., ' '-: ' '.,. ':,~: .::':.:' '
<br />them in the room, th~ wllllob gre- ~', 'UntiHbe 19aOs,:'cities and speCial',' ' " : ',:' t: .: '
<br />, , ,nades because they will :hay.e noth- , 'wate~ districts built otll,er projects,' ~d@RoCkYMoiintam1!iws:,GOirJ~;~;
<br />,~gto lo~~," Wilkil:lsqn-sai~: " ", ,:' " ~utfast~growing,ColIlI?J.umties S!1~h.." or (3~3) 892-53(18,' '~ ,.,.',~ i:';:":~,;;;~~: .. '
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<br />'men trbm:killing West' At'ricanimm1~ '.ThE!'~'Vanveikinburgh :VfSfta'tIon"
<br />.. "', , ,'graptOfunarDia.SheCUed-Monday.,' '-'willbeat"01illgerCiciwnHillJ~h'aPii1. '
<br />, A,,memorial fwid,has. been ,estab~ 'Contributions ',can ,1)e,:Senfto-the' , 777"1 W: 29th Ave., DeIiver:'frOli1~4
<br />.lished for the two sons~{Jeannie',JeaDnies~Good S~arltan FUnd at P,m.. to'8,p.m.T1le, ~erli1 ~ 3.':1~4:
<br />, ''YliIlVelkinburgh" who was' p~a- .' Ule.Vectra'Bank, ,7p,:lr~h'.S~eet: 'Frid~~the'crownHUl:chapel'~:>'-,
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