About 80% of Colorado鈥檚 water falls on the western side of the state. But about 80% of Colorado鈥檚 people live on the east side of the mountains. Because of gravity, that water doesn鈥檛 flow to them naturally. Instead, Colorado鈥檚 heavily-populated Front Range relies on a massive plumbing system to keep drinking water flowing to its taps.

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In an attempt to halt the construction of Chimney Hollow Reservoir outside Loveland, and the diversion of Western Slope water to the Front Range,鈥�