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Colorado Foundation <br />for Water Education <br />1580 Logan St., Suite 410 • Denver, CO 80203 <br />-t <br />Ilk <br />�+a 41,,r <br />In the deep basin of the San Luis Valley, J.A. <br />Pfeifer constructed this artesian well in 1911 <br />for the Alamosa Water Works. The state history <br />archives say he may be the man in the photo. <br />'t 863 feet deep, the well produced 13,320 <br />P ns alloper hour. echnologhas advanced since Pfeifer's <br />me, and the state's dependence on under <br />round supplies has grown. Groundwater <br />ccounts for nearly a fifth of Colorado's water <br />upply. Of that nearly 90 percent is con - <br />um <br />ed d by agriculture. Over the last century, <br />farmers and water managers, among others, <br />earned the importance of aquifers and that <br />he underground water resource must be <br />carefully managed. <br />Photo courtesy of Denver Public Library, <br />Western History Collection. <br />„ NONPROFIT ORG <br />U.S. Postage <br />PAID <br />DENVER, CO <br />PERMIT NO 178 <br />r I <br />* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *ECR!OT * *CQ31 <br />111 <br />Rod Kuharich <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />1313 Sherman St # 723 <br />Denver CO 80203 -2236 <br />II�JJL����IJII����JI���LI�J�I��II�sII�rLI�J�I���ll��l <br />-Irma -14 <br />W0610-W- m4b.M <br />;.:... <br />t .: <br />13320 <br />GAi <br />t <br />CONGTRUM <br />Colorado Foundation <br />for Water Education <br />1580 Logan St., Suite 410 • Denver, CO 80203 <br />-t <br />Ilk <br />�+a 41,,r <br />In the deep basin of the San Luis Valley, J.A. <br />Pfeifer constructed this artesian well in 1911 <br />for the Alamosa Water Works. The state history <br />archives say he may be the man in the photo. <br />'t 863 feet deep, the well produced 13,320 <br />P ns alloper hour. echnologhas advanced since Pfeifer's <br />me, and the state's dependence on under <br />round supplies has grown. Groundwater <br />ccounts for nearly a fifth of Colorado's water <br />upply. Of that nearly 90 percent is con - <br />um <br />ed d by agriculture. Over the last century, <br />farmers and water managers, among others, <br />earned the importance of aquifers and that <br />he underground water resource must be <br />carefully managed. <br />Photo courtesy of Denver Public Library, <br />Western History Collection. <br />„ NONPROFIT ORG <br />U.S. Postage <br />PAID <br />DENVER, CO <br />PERMIT NO 178 <br />r I <br />* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *ECR!OT * *CQ31 <br />111 <br />Rod Kuharich <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />1313 Sherman St # 723 <br />Denver CO 80203 -2236 <br />II�JJL����IJII����JI���LI�J�I��II�sII�rLI�J�I���ll��l <br />