Water Desk
Crystal River study on backup supply plan being floated by conservation districts
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The historic drought late in the summer of 2018 illustrated some long-acknowledged problems with water rights on the Crystal.
Aspen Journalism (https://www.aspenjournalism.org/category/water/page/2/)
Reporting on water and rivers in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River basins in collaboration with Swift Communications newspapers and The Water Desk at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
The historic drought late in the summer of 2018 illustrated some long-acknowledged problems with water rights on the Crystal.
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