Colorado's Prairie Waters Project Dedicated

摘要

Aurora Water's Prairie Waters Project, which pumps water out of the South Platte River and sends it through a 34-mile-long, 60-inch-diameter pipeline, was dedicated Oct. 8, 2010. The project boosts Aurora's water supply by 20%-about 3.3 billion gallons of water per year-and was finished ahead of schedule and more than $100 million under budget. Some water projects in Colorado can take decades to plan, permit, and construct. Although Aurora's water system has performed well in average and wet years, in 2002 and 2003 a historic drought significantly affected its water supplies.