July 5, 2008--Project aims to replenish aquifer (Denver Post)
Water users and the Colorado Geological Survey are working on a plan to replenish this disappearing aquifer, an ambitious project to pump underground 500,000 acre feet of water—six times what Colorado Springs Utilities customers use in a year—to create Colorado's first man-made underground storage reservoir. In August, the geological agency will release a report on the possibility. Though many legal and practical questions remain—the most important being where the water will come from—geologists are excited about the prospects.
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