August 17, 2008--Aquifers: San Luis Valley's largest reservoirs (Pueblo Chieftain)

The largest San Luis Valley reservoirs are not above ground, but are the aquifers underlying the valley floor. The confined aquifer (artesian) is by far the largest and, unlike the unconfined that was filled to capacity in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s, has not been full since about the early '50s. 

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