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Environment/Energy

Rainwater harvesting bill stalls in Colorado Senate

Marianne Goodland -
A perennial bill that would allow Coloradans to collect rainwater from rooftops in two 55-gallon barrels for watering lawns and gardens was sailing toward...
The plains around DIA were parched by the scorching 2012 drought, although groundwater pumping along the South Platte River enabled some farms to continue irrigating.
Environment/Energy

California drought holds lessons for Colorado

Bob Berwyn -
Coloradans are watching California dreams turn to dust during an unrelenting four-year drought. There, the only way some people can get water is off...
Capitol Dispatch

Cry me a barrel: Senate drowns rainwater-collection bill

Tessa Cheek -
Collecting rainwater runoff from roofs, to water plants, is illegal, and the Senate just voted to keep it that way. Talk about some good old...
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