August 7, 2008--The thin green line could wither with ag water sales (Pueblo Chieftain)
Over time, as farmers age and cities become thirstier and offer higher prices, the pressure to sell will become greater. The green belt provided by farms on the Bessemer and other ditches in the Arkansas Valley could become proportionately thinner. New development on the Mesa has split up former farms into home sites, and the water district requires water s7/2008hares as a condition.
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