Colorado Springs seeking solutions beyond Colorado River for water supplies

Colorado Springs Business Journal | October 19, 2007| | Copyright

On Aug. 13, northern Colorado rancher W.D. Farr died at the age of 97. His passing marked the end of an era.

Bill Farr was the last of his generation of visionary "water buffalos" -- men who saw that the Front Range could not flourish and grow without undertaking enormous transmountain water diversions from the Colorado River. A near-contemporary of California's William Mulholland, Farr brought the same drive and determination to obtaining water for the parched cities and farms of northern Colorado.

A young farmer during the Great Depression, Farr helped create the Colorado-Big Thompson ...

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