San Luis Valley Faces Groundwater Ultimatum — SkimNews
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- Water regulators and farmers in Colorado's San Luis Valley face a lose-lose choice over their rapidly declining aquifer, framed as either adopting an aggressive groundwater management plan or continuing to overpump it
- The aggressive management plan would likely force a contraction of the local agricultural economy, the source notes
Why it matters: A judicial ruling on this plan would set the template for how quickly Colorado's farming communities must shrink to match a shrinking aquifer — the alternative being continued depletion that threatens the valley's long-term viability.
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