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Water supply challenges for CO

RBC I Colorado faces significant water supply challenges now and in the coming decades as population continues to grow and competition for water intensifies, according to the Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI) 2010 report approved Wednesday by the Colorado Water Conservation Board.
The report finds that if water use follows current trends, large supplies will inevitably be shifted away from agricultural uses, resulting in significant loss of farmlands, economic damage to the state’s agricultural regions…