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> ever-increasing demand being placed on the system from development Glad to see recognition that people and industry could help by reducing water usage. Huge

> ever-increasing demand being placed on the system from development Glad to see recognition that people and industry could help by reducing water usage. Huge consumers such as Denver Water talk about conservation yet new residential and commercial developments still seem to be built as if water is unlimited.

jcampbell1 4y ago
Denver is on the other side of the continental divide.
- landemva 4y ago
  The collection systems are in the mountains. Denver Water owns reservoirs west of the divide. https://www.denverwater.org/your-water/water-supply-and-planning/collection-system https://www.denverwater.org/your-water/water-supply-and-plan... Careful study of a park service map for RMNP will show a tunnel. It is a water tunnel serving northern Colorado on east of divide. Fascinating construction history. https://www.northernwater.org/what-we-do/deliver-water/colorado-big-thompson-project/adams-tunnel https://www.northernwater.org/what-we-do/deliver-water/color...
  - LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
    Also relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fryingpan%E2%80%93Arkansas_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fryingpan%E2%80%93Arkansas_Pro... and even earlier, from 1907: Kansas v. Colorado, 206 U.S. 46 (1907): https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/206/46/ https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/206/46/ edit: and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado%E2%80%93Big_Thompson_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado%E2%80%93Big_Thompson_...
WalterBright 4y ago
> water is unlimited It's supply & demand. The solution is to raise the price of water to reduce demand.
- Elora 4y ago
  > It's supply & demand. It's also: not my problem, let someone else deal with it, while I make money NOW and they don't even really know the extent of the problem. It's also how we got here, and we continue to let speculators externalize costs to society at large.

jcampbell1 4y ago

Denver is on the other side of the continental divide.

landemva 4y ago
The collection systems are in the mountains. Denver Water owns reservoirs west of the divide. https://www.denverwater.org/your-water/water-supply-and-planning/collection-system https://www.denverwater.org/your-water/water-supply-and-plan... Careful study of a park service map for RMNP will show a tunnel. It is a water tunnel serving northern Colorado on east of divide. Fascinating construction history. https://www.northernwater.org/what-we-do/deliver-water/colorado-big-thompson-project/adams-tunnel https://www.northernwater.org/what-we-do/deliver-water/color...
- LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
  Also relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fryingpan%E2%80%93Arkansas_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fryingpan%E2%80%93Arkansas_Pro... and even earlier, from 1907: Kansas v. Colorado, 206 U.S. 46 (1907): https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/206/46/ https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/206/46/ edit: and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado%E2%80%93Big_Thompson_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado%E2%80%93Big_Thompson_...

WalterBright 4y ago

> water is unlimited It's supply & demand. The solution is to raise the price of water to reduce demand.

Elora 4y ago
> It's supply & demand. It's also: not my problem, let someone else deal with it, while I make money NOW and they don't even really know the extent of the problem. It's also how we got here, and we continue to let speculators externalize costs to society at large.