{"id":614,"date":"2018-10-16T09:59:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T15:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/stateoftherockies\/?p=614"},"modified":"2019-11-01T09:11:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T15:11:55","slug":"cc-group-traces-h2o-flow-from-high-to-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/stateoftherockies\/2018\/10\/16\/cc-group-traces-h2o-flow-from-high-to-low\/","title":{"rendered":"CC Group Traces H2O Flow from High to Low"},"content":{"rendered":"

Field Studies, Sustainability, State of the Rockies Project look at how siphoning water from mountain headwaters enables Front Range urban growth<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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In the Montgomery Reservoir valve house, Anthony Bull and Mae Rorhbach hang back to ask more questions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Colorado College students, staff, and faculty devoted this year\u2019s first block break to exploring gold-dotted Continental Divide mountainsides where Colorado Springs Utilities\u2019 moves water through an intricate re-engineering of natural flows.\u00a0 A complex system of reservoirs, pipelines, and pump stations delivers water sourced from the Continental Divide to people 100 miles away .<\/p>\n

The State of the Rockies project collaborated with the Field Studies and Sustainability departments to run this fourth annual Sense of Place water tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important for students to have an opportunity to learn about one of the most pressing socio-environmental issues facing the Rocky Mountain West,\u201d State of the Rockies director Corina McKendry said.<\/p>\n

Why learn about water issues in the West?\u00a0\u201cI think it\u2019s important particularly in Colorado because water in the western United States is such a permeating issue.\u00a0 So much of our lives hinge around this important and scarce resource and the way we move it from one side of the continent to the other has far-reaching impacts,\u201d said Sustainability director Ian Johnson.<\/p>\n