Comments on: Front Range cities good at making every drop count http://csbj.com/2010/01/29/front-range-cities-good-at-making-every-drop-count/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:20:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dave Gardner http://csbj.com/2010/01/29/front-range-cities-good-at-making-every-drop-count/comment-page-1/#comment-15461 Dave Gardner Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:12:47 +0000 http://csbj.com/?p=24553#comment-15461 The report seems to suggest that continuing suburban sprawl and population growth on the Front Range is more important than growing food to eat. Economists can’t or don’t always measure the right things.

Also let me point out that the future population growth will only occur if Colorado DOES divert water from agriculture to cities and build the big water projects like the one pushed by the project’s team leader. The state COULD decide enough is enough, let’s keep some agriculture close to home, keep some water in the rivers, and get unhooked from our growth addiction. We have to stop sometime. I suggest that now is a much smarter time to do so than in 50 years when the water is tapped out.

This report is not about best stewardship of a scarce and vital resource.

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