Although the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has agreed to review a permit request for a proposed 501-mile-long buried water pipeline from Wyoming to Colorado, widespread resistance to the project continues from the tri-state area.
That resistance prompted Uintah County officials to formalize their opposition in a resolution last year. Elsewhere, Daggett County, the Wyoming communities of Green River and Rock Springs, Sweetwater County and Moffatt County, Colo. joined Utah in formal opposition.
The proposed pipeline from Flaming Gorge Reservoir across southern Wyoming to the Colorado Front Range is a project by Fort Collins businessman Aaron Million.
He proposes to divert 250,000 acre-feet of water as part of their 1922 Colorado River Compact allocation from the Green River and reservoir in Wyoming to the sprawling communities of eastern Colorado. Gov. Matt Mead opposes the project.
“I generally oppose trans-basin diversion projects and in particular I believe Aaron Million’s project is not well thought out,” Mead wrote.
Criticism spans concern over the reduction in scant water resources as well as impact to existing habitats.
That resistance prompted Uintah County officials to formalize their opposition in a resolution last year. Elsewhere, Daggett County, the Wyoming communities of Green River and Rock Springs, Sweetwater County and Moffatt County, Colo. joined Utah in formal opposition.
The proposed pipeline from Flaming Gorge Reservoir across southern Wyoming to the Colorado Front Range is a project by Fort Collins businessman Aaron Million.
He proposes to divert 250,000 acre-feet of water as part of their 1922 Colorado River Compact allocation from the Green River and reservoir in Wyoming to the sprawling communities of eastern Colorado. Gov. Matt Mead opposes the project.
“I generally oppose trans-basin diversion projects and in particular I believe Aaron Million’s project is not well thought out,” Mead wrote.
Criticism spans concern over the reduction in scant water resources as well as impact to existing habitats.
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