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<br />Update on Statewide Waler Supply InitiatIVe
<br />- Gunnison Basin
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<br />impact oi the"'l' change.. on rur,11 Colorado economic"", ilnd the t'l1l'Lt on the orwn
<br />~r,Kl' rrll\'ldl'd by farm.,. ,md r,lndw'-, b ,1 kl'Y ("h,ll1l'n~l' for al] Coloradans. In other
<br />.He,l.. of thl' ."tille, k...:..,li/l'd lknl',l;;t'.. ,md innl'.l"l'!- in a~rilu[tllral wateT U..l' are a!"lJ
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<br />Crl'l'n and the San _luan/PllllJTl..,.jStm \llpll'II~,l...in"'.
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<br />91%
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<br />2000 and 2030 Statew.de Agricultural. M&/, and 551 DemandS
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<br />Gunnison Background
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