BATTLE for water of the COLORADO RIVER (The Grand Ditch)

Hey brother' thank you this very informative report.... So are you basically saying that this Diversion system at the Continental divide is one of the man factors for the Colorado river providing LESS water to Powell and Mead? I report on the water drought in Las Vegas and EVERYONE is saying the low Colorado water levels is due to CLIMATE change anf over use.. What are your thoughts - Joey

After watching Vegas Dtech I watched your programme, thankyou. Then found Joey from Dtech had commented, its a small world

I've lived in Colorado for fifty three years (I'm 73). My brother in law is third generation Colorado. I grew up in Toledo at the edge of Lake Erie. I never heard of the crazy water rights in Colorado. I was going to buy some land (my brother in law's family owned a ranch/farm in Avondale. I told him how cheap the land was and he smiled, "that can't include the water rights". He went on to explain that every drop of moisture in Colorado is owned by someone. If you collect rain, your stealing, even on your own land. The land I wanted because, it had no water rights attached was worthless. My brother in law said if you want to start a fight, start talking water rights. If you want to start a war start talking water rights with a western sloper. 🤣

One of the BEST citizen reporting I’ve seen. Excellent.

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Thank you very much for taking the time to do this video. It was very informative.

just LV D-Tech & thank you for investigative work. Much appreciated

There is an informative museum about the Big Thompson Project in downtown Loveland. Without this wise use of water northern Colorado would be a desert and millions would suffer without the food that is produced there.

Enjoyed the video and was able to follow along on Google Maps, your little girl tagging along with dad stole the show... One has to appreciate all the surveying and effort that went into planning these systems "back in the day".

interesting for sure. thanks. :)

1 of those tunnels is the alva b. adams tunnel that takes Colorado river water from the west over to the Eastern side of the continental divide. This guy knows what I'm talking about.

Thankyou from nz, be safe and keep up with your good work, this info must be shared with all people, we need water to live, thankyou

Hey thanks for posting this is were it all begins. this is crazy

✨🌎 Excellent Field Reporting 💦 👍

Very informative. I have lived here all my life and never new that . Thanks .

So with all the rain last month, did man create its own flooding problem?

25 years ago my grandmother told me, “It’s not a shortage of water, it’s an overage of people.”

Having a grand ditch was no big deal when we had lots of water.

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the lesson!