Drought Contingency

[BushMasterBoy]

We just don't have enough reservoirs. And building reservoirs is going to cost $$$. The biggest loss is to evaporation. Everybody is going to bitch, no matter what. I'm more worried about floods than drought.

http://www.kmitch.com/Pueblo/flood.html

[Gman]

We just don't have enough reservoirs. And building reservoirs is going to cost $$$. The biggest loss is to evaporation. Everybody is going to bitch, no matter what. I'm more worried about floods than drought.

http://www.kmitch.com/Pueblo/flood.html

There are groups more concerned about habitat for some wildlife, like some variety of field mouse, being put under water with the construction of a new reservoir. They'll use the mess that is the Endangered Species Act as an excuse.

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[OtterbatHellcat]

We're an endangered species without water.

But you're right, in the long run the field mouse will win....legislated or not.

[Gman]

Yeah, I was actually using a real life example. My first wife had a boss that was part of a group shutting down human improvements because of Preble's jumping mouse.

PROTECTION FOR COLORADO-WYOMING MOUSE CHALLENGED AGAIN
http://www.9news.com/mobile/article/...gain/427051992

https://www.yourwatercolorado.org/co...ed-species-act

The threatened Preble's meadow jumping mouse has been one of the state's more contested listings, pitting residential and commercial developers, cities and water providers against the USFWS. Thousands of dollars were spent studying the mouse's habitat in conjunction with proposed water projects such as the Reuter-Hess Reservoir near Parker and Milton Seaman Reservoir located on the lower North Fork of the Cache la Poudre River, among other projects.

[Irving]

If we can create several nice reservoirs, or even one big one, even half the size of Lake Mcconaughy, we could really step up our tourist game!

[GilpinGuy]

I kill every mouse I can.

[NeedMoreAmmo]

That survey was coded to your address, and asked a bunch of questions that were none of their business. I thought about it for a day and then mine went into the fireplace. My answers were along the same idea as others have mentioned in this thread: Not our problem you want to live in a desert, and we will be keeping our fair share of our rivers.

[def90]

On the Eastern slope, we’re not really part of that..

Our water in the metro area mostly comes from West of the divide.

[def90]

Having said all that - I do believe we should not having lawns and raising cattle basically anywhere in the intermountain West. That's just me personally, though. $0.02 That's unsustainable.

Shouldn't be growing corn in Colorado either.. the world isn't short on it and it's one of the most water intensive crops out there.

[def90]

Map of all the tunnels in Colorado moving water from west to east..



Map of water produced: