renewable water resources
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Attorney to DougCo commissioners: water project still not ready for prime time
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While two of the three Douglas County Commissioners continue to look favorably at a project that would siphon water out of the San Luis Valley, an attorney the commissioners hired to review the proposal remains convinced the project faces a host of legal and other hurdles that show no signs of being resolved. The attorney,…
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Attorney leaves RWR project, lawmakers weigh in
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Kevin Kinnear, the attorney for Renewable Water Resources, notified Douglas County commissioners last week he is no longer attached to the project. In his March 11 letter to the commissioners, Kinnear said he accepted a full-time mediator job, which begins Monday, March 14. He wrote that he remains firmly in favor of the project, which…
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RWR water project faces opposition from Polis, legislators
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The attention on a $600-million proposal to pipe water from the San Luis Valley to Douglas County is gaining attention – of the negative kind – from Gov. Jared Polis and other policymakers at the state Capitol. Polis, in a statement to Colorado Politics, took a position last week on the proposal from Renewable Water…
