... the environmentalists I know, myself included, have been doing EVERYTHING we can to conserve our water consumption, for decades ... if you had read the article, conservation has allowed for much more demand to come on line in Colorado with very little need for increased capacity.  My water barrels were 'smuggled' here from Seattle, set up 'illegally' for a few years before 2/3 of 'em became 'legal'.  My consumption is down 80% in 7 years.  What have you done?  Just curious.