From The New York Times (Felicity Barringer): The federal
government has come up with dozens of ways to enhance the
diminishing flow of the Colorado River, which has long struggled
to keep seven states and roughly 25 million people hydrated…
…also in the mix, and expected to remain in the final draft of
the report [ed. Colorado River Basin Water Supply & Demand
Study], is a more extreme and contentious approach. It calls for
building a pipeline from the Missouri River to Denver, nearly
600 miles to the west. Water would be doled out as needed along
the route in Kansas, with the rest ultimately stored in
reservoirs in the Denver area… The fact that the Missouri River
pipeline idea made the final draft, water experts say, shows how
serious the problem has become for the states of the Colorado
River basin. “I pooh-poohed this kind of stuff back in the
1960s,” said Chuck Howe, a water policy expert and emeritus
professor of economics at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
“But it’s no longer totally unrealistic.