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  2. Alva B. Adams Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    13.1 miles (21.1 km) long. Tunnel clearance. 9.75 feet (2.97 m) diameter. The Alva B. Adams Tunnel is the principal component of the largest transmountain water project in Colorado, the Colorado-Big Thompson Project (C-BT). The tunnel transfers water from the western slope of the Colorado River drainage to the eastern Front Range of Colorado.

  3. Course of the Colorado River - Wikipedia

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    Course of the Colorado River. Map showing the Colorado River basin. The Colorado River is a major river of the western United States and northwest Mexico in North America. Its headwaters are in the Rocky Mountains where La Poudre Pass Lake is its source. Located in north central Colorado it flows southwest through the Colorado Plateau country ...

  4. Colorado River - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the Upper and Lower Colorado River Basin, and adjacent areas supplied by Colorado River water. The Colorado River Basin consists of 246,000 square miles (640,000 km 2), making it the seventh largest drainage basin in North America. [2] About 238,600 square miles (618,000 km 2), or 97 percent of the basin, is in the United States. [40]

  5. 2013 Colorado floods - Wikipedia

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    2013 Colorado floods. Disaster emergencies were declared by Governor John Hickenlooper in 14 counties (highlighted) in Colorado. This is an animated loop of water vapor systems over the western area of North America on September 12, 2013 as shown by the GOES-15 and GOES-13 satellites. The storm that caused the 2013 Colorado flooding was kept in ...

  6. Denver Water - Wikipedia

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    Denver Water is a water utility that operates as a public agency serving the City and County of Denver, Colorado, and a portion of its surrounding suburbs. Established in 1918, the utility is funded by water rates and new tap fees. [ 2 ]

  7. Water in Colorado - Wikipedia

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    Water in Colorado is of significant importance, as the American state of Colorado is the 7th-driest state in America. As result, water rights generate conflict (for example, see Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States), with many water lawyers in the state. Dillon Reservoir in Summit County, part of the Denver Water Board

  8. Evans, Colorado - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .evanscolorado .gov. The City of Evans is a home rule municipality located in Weld County, Colorado, United States. [ 1] The city population was 22,165 at the 2020 United States Census, a 19.57% increase since the 2010 United States Census. [ 5] Evans is a part of the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range ...

  9. List of dams in the Colorado River system - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of dams on the Colorado River system of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. The Colorado runs 1,450 mi (2,330 km) from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of California, draining parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states. The river system is one of the most heavily developed in the world, with fifteen dams ...