Colorado Experience: Western Water—and Power
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Published 2020-02-28
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A major example of a version of water diversion is the engineering of the Chicago River from it's drainage into Lake Michigan and reverse it to drain into the Mississippi River to serve Chicago for sewage and Commercial navigation.
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Amazing program. It makes you wonder about the alterations to hydrology that were made and the effects they had. Surface and groundwater issues we are now seeing. The ecological plant and animal communities that have shifted as a result, such as the rich fens and riparian habitats. The effect that mining might have played, and also communities on either side of the slope. The future of Colorado!
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I don't mind Denver using our water.But not to give it to California.Which has sebveral desalination plants that they haven't used.This water,could help people in the other states.If Dubai can do it,we can too.
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If it's wetter than normal when we find it, it's not a drought when it returns to normal.
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Preserve it and Reserve it
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have been watching R M PBS for a short time ,i like the videos i see.have just subscribed,look forward to more excellent videos thanks from east sussex uk.
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Amazing program!! Wish I could have seen all of these projects/construction in person but this amazing footage makes me feel as if I am there. RMPBS has gained another subscriber.
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Love this program! thanks mate
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At least Colorado is letting y'all leave a comment. Until the last drop.california doc.vidio about water won't.
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I went to Western and Mesa had both Schultz and Vandenbusch as professors. They both seen i was a dumb tired jock and made me drop their history classes. After that we had a mutual respect for one another. They wernt going to let me sit in a class and fail. Both these guys are walking encyclopedias. Top notch Drs.
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I never knew how much water eastern Colorado took from the western slopes and for how long it's been doing it.
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Gorgeous place
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Looooove this channel!🥰
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I rode thru the Moffitt Tunnel twice and saw Estes or Winter Park . You can only see so much from the Train and I thought the ride up was my piece of the Front Range . I have Driven over and been thru Grand Junction more than a couple times . I never knew so much water was diverted thru the Front Range . I have seen dry Rivers in Arizona so have been exposed to some of this . Living in the East this is an eye opener , thank you for the Video . Plan 2014 has been Bypassed and the St Law Seaway will not open till April First this year . Lake Ontario is Too high for the 3rd year . They have to let some out . All of these plans and Compacts do not always Work the way it was thought they would .
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I didn't realize this was a live. Sorry I missed it.
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Love it
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Here we are now dealing with a water shortage in az and yet they keep building and people keep flocking here. So theyll want to leave because there wont be any water
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Really cool history. Makes me happy to be a part of it at Shoshone!
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Amazing. I knew some of this but not the extent of it!
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I am very interested in the ditch projects and their history in Boulder County, so this is super interesting. Thanks for putting this all together.