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Article: The West's water future. (includes related article on California's water problem)
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- March 1, 1987
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The West's water future
"The most important issue facing Westernstates through the end of this century is water . . ..' That concern was repeated time and again at a meeting of Western governors last summer in Colorado. The issue is real. As the West continues to grow, concerns about water supplies and quality are deepening.
Ready or not, the West is entering a newera of water management. Experts predict that water, like energy in the 1970s, will become increasingly expensive in the 1990s. It will cost more to supply it, to make it drinkable, and to treat it again after it goes down our drains. We will all have to use it more efficiently.
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