Colorado well owners ask lawmakers for help with well shutdowns
U.S. Water News Online
October 2006
DENVER – Farmers who were ordered to shut off their irrigation wells amid a long drought asked state lawmakers to find a solution to the scarcity or face the loss of more farmland.
"The road we're on, we're going to see a lot of these farmers sell out here pretty quick," Tom Cech, manager of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District, told lawmakers considering water measures for the next year's Legislature. (More...)
