Filling the Gap – Commonsense Solutions for Meeting Front Range Water Needs
This report is a collaborative effort by Western Resource Advocates (WRA), Trout Unlimited (TU), and the Colorado Environmental Coalition (CEC) to offer a realistic and balanced water supply portfolio that meets the projected needs in the South Platte Basin’s Front Range communities while protecting Colorado’s waterways, economy, and quality of life. Employing widely accepted data, this report explores four water supply strategies—acceptable planned projects, water conservation, reuse, and voluntary water sharing with the agriculture sector. Importantly, our portfolio more than meets future needs without the large, costly, and environmentally damaging transbasin diversions that have been a hallmark of traditional water supply planning.
