The New Republic
April 28, 2009, Rob Inglis

The New York Times ran an interesting editorial last week about Colorado entrepreneur Aaron Million’s plans to build a private water pipeline, running 560 miles from Wyoming’s Flaming Gorge Reservoir to Denver and other cities on Colorado’s Front Range. From a legal perspective, the water being pumped is there for the taking, even if it sounds a bit unfair for a private developer to take free water out of a river and then sell it to thirsty municipalities. But the project itself would be an environmental disaster, leaving the Green River basin with seriously reduced flows for fish and wildlife, not to mention boaters, farmers, and fishermen. The fact that it’s getting even halfway-serious consideration shows just how worried the Front Range cities in Colorado are about meeting their future water needs....

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