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Boulder County cities and towns pursue solutions to future Colorado River shortages, on their own

This winter dropped a lot of snow on the mountains above Boulder. Our reservoirs are in good shape for now as Boulder Creek babbles. But that’s not our only water source. 

Boulder and many other cities along the Front Range rely, at least in part, on water from the strained Colorado River. Younger cities with fewer senior rights for local water sources  — like Superior and Erie — rely on it almost entirely.

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