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Pub. Date
2006.
Description
El Paso County, on the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies, covers approximately 2,158 square miles and has an estimated 2005 population of 561,701.1 In this semi-arid region, water supply is managed through many separate water districts, each with its own exclusive supply of water. Districts range in size both by population and water availability. 69% of El Paso County's current population, including all residents of the city of Colorado Springs...
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Pub. Date
2012.
Description
"Water holds an underexploited capacity to show the connections that tie together distant places and seemingly unrelated groups. This book literally goes to town to spotlight those connections. A Ditch in Time: The City, the West, and Water traces the history of water in Denver, using this case study to explore important and often underrecognized patterns in regional and national history. Energized by a quality of wit and humor rarely encountered...