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When Boston College submitted a bid to purchase a state-owned pumping station near the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, the college’s vice president for government and community relations, Thomas J. Keady, said that his institution informed the community before the story hit the presses. Although BC eventually lost the bid, Keady said that it was important to keep the college’s neighbors abreast of its activities...
...CACHE LA POUDRE Water diversion and reservoir project...
...Drying Out "Postcard: Lake Mead" told the story of how that reservoir is shrinking while thirsty Las Vegas continues to grow [March 31]. It is the same in my water-short state: developers build new homes, and new home owners buy in water-short areas. Is this optimism or folly? David Abraham, Albuquerque, New Mexico
...Postcard: Lake Mead" told how that reservoir is shrinking while thirsty Las Vegas continues to grow [March 31]. It is the same in my state: developers build new homes, and new homeowners buy in water-short areas. Is this optimism or folly? David Abraham, ALBUQUERQUE...
...could involve diverting more of the river's water away from agriculture--which claims 85% of the supply--in favor of the region's thirsty cities. That would be challenging politically, but something has to give. Still, while Lake Mead has shrunk to just 52% of capacity, the immense reservoir still contains an incredible 9 trillion gal. (35 trillion cu L) of water. But the dry sky above and the rock all around reinforce the inescapable fact that this land was a desert, is a desert and always will be a desert. When the American explorer J.C. Ives visited...