[Opinion] Durango has water storage for only a few weeks, now it braces for historically low snowpack (Opinion)

Durango has water storage for only a few weeks, now it braces for historically low snowpack (Opinion)

Denver never stops seeking more water for its burgeoning population. But Durango, a town of 19,000 people across the Rockies in southern Colorado, is taking a wait-and-see approach. You might call this unusual because Durango has access to a backup supply. In 2011, voters approved spending $6 million to buy 3,800 acre‑feet of water storage in a reservoir called Lake Nighthorse. The rationale was simple: The town could build a pipeline and ship t…