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<br />Keep Colorado's Surplus Water <br />Around the State <br />~57'10 <br />MetroArea _"2"8% <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Western Slope <br /> <br /> <br />75% . <br /> <br />North Front Range <br /> <br />South Front Range <br /> <br />68% <br /> <br />Eastern Plains <br /> <br />. Keep surplus <br /> <br />Don.t keep surplus <br /> <br />CI(t!~AMiffi$~ N60f, $iWl6Ml>ar ilOOl <br /> <br />Question: See end note <br /> <br />Water law and water engineering are complex issues. The average citizen has limited knowledge concerning . <br />the sources of Colorado water and how it Is developed, Also, water is a public polley area fraught with <br />considerable controversy, regional rivalries and local pollti$al clashes. Respondents who support using surplus <br />Colorado River water were asked whether or not they would support transferring some of the surplus water to <br />the Front Range, and were told it could lead to disagreements with the Western Slope. Although a majority, 54 <br />percent, of citizens support additional water for the Front Range, 28 percent oppose the transfer and 18 <br />percent do not have an opinion. <br /> <br />The Big Straw: Pump Water Back Into Colora~o/Utah State Line <br /> <br />To address concerns about diverting surplus water from the Western Slope, water experts have described a <br />proposal that would allow water to flow down the Colorado and Gunnison rivers to the Utah state line, then be <br />captured and pumped back for use in Colorado. <br /> <br />The Big Straw . <br />Pump Water Back From Colorado/Utah State.b1ne <br />Support <br />60% <br /> <br /> <br />Don't know <br />14% <br /> <br />OppOSll <br />26% <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CiruIi Associates N60 . July 2002 <br />