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Irrigation ended early along North Fork of Gunnison River in Colorado
9/14/2018 6:50:52 PM



CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Delta County, CO
Gunnison County, CO

Start Date: 8/5/2018 - End Date: 9/14/2018
Along the North Fork of the Gunnison River in Gunnison County, Colorado, a fruit tree grower had no more water for 4,500 newly planted trees. The Paonia Reservoir emptied on Aug. 5, leaving him and others without water to keep their trees alive. The region needed heavy snowpack this coming winter, or water supplies will be disastrously short. ABQJournal Online (N.M.), Sept. 13, 2018
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