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Denver's southern suburbs must spend $1 billion by 2020 to wean themselves off an ailing groundwater system, officials at a water summit said Tuesday. Communities such as Highlands Ranch, Parker and Castle Rock will use money, possibly generated by increased tap fees, higher water rates or new taxes, to build new water-recycling plants and lay pipelines to transfer water from farming communities, according to a master plan unveiled Tuesday by the South Metro Water Supply Authority.

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