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<br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />'. <br />I <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />Friday, January 30, 2004 <br /> <br />Denver Daily New'S <br /> <br />Study: Water <br /> <br />needs could <br /> <br />require reusing:; <br /> <br />water, new dams,:' <br /> <br />DENVER CAP) <br />, Colorado will need enougl! <br />,additional water to supply th;, <br />equivalent of a new city about, <br />the size of the Denver metro"" <br />politan area by 2030, accordf <br />- ing to a.new study. E': <br />The $2,7 million study;' <br />funded by the ColoradiF <br />Water Conservation' Board;' <br />concluded that the Soutl{ <br />Platte River basin, which sup:- <br />plies Denver and much of <br />northeast Colorado, will need ' <br />60 percent more water if cui~ . <br />rent growth projections ~, <br />accurate. ~, <br />The study, issued, <br />Wednesday, urged residentS <br />to reuse water. build dam$"" <br />and conserve more. " <br />V\' ater experts in each of~ <br />Colorado's eight river basin.~ <br />I say coping with the shonfalI <br />could reg uire m~re conserv~~: <br />tion, cooperatIOn among <br />water interests, reuse of exist -,l <br />ing water, transfening water <br />rights, improving or enlarging'- <br />existing dams, pipelines and <br />reservoirs, or building ne~ <br />ones. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />, <br />