March 9, 2008--Statewide water solution touchy issue for officials (Pueblo Chieftain)
How to clear legal obstacles, combine interests and pay for solutions for future water needs in a statewide plan were topics batted around in a lively discussion among the state’s water leaders Friday. Conclusions were hard to come by. The Interbasin Compact Committee, which represents the state's water basins and specific interests, responded to a challenge by Harris Sherman, director of the Department of Natural Resources, to give a vision for using the state’s water resources over the next 50 years. Generally, the group agreed the state is running low on new water supplies, there will have to be more sharing within or between basins to provide for growth, some protection is needed for nonconsumptive uses and changes are needed in how water business is done.After that it got complicated.
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