Quote Originally Posted by foxtrot View Post
Know how many CFM are diverted annually through tunnels west-east?
OK, educate us. You're citing a pretty massive Ag project (which is indeed water welfare), not Denver showers. But, it is also where you are getting your food, so there's that.

Quote Originally Posted by foxtrot View Post
[/I]When you think about it, a lot of the eastern slope (esp. Denver) is far more unsustainable than even Phoenix.
You might have had me interested until here. . I would love to see some serious evidence backing this whopper. You cite one river, which many of the townships (mine included) aren't even on. Beyond how ridiculous that sounds, it is one more significant water source than Phoenix has, the artificial CAP excluded. Or, playing the ever popular "which bucket fills first" game - turn off all these water projects as you say, and decide which city dries up first. The smaller city staring at snowpack directly above it, or the larger city in the middle of the desert sucking its aquifer dry, and dirtbiking across the Salt in August?