The Colorado River could get a big boost from a tiny hydro plant. Here’s how that impacts everyone.

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The Colorado River could get a big boost from a tiny hydro plant. Here’s how that impacts everyone.

Every day about 19,000 vehicles zip past the Shoshone Power Plant, tucked into Glenwood Canyon by Interstate 70. But few of those travelers have any idea of the history-changing deal being crafted here, where Colorado River water churns through electricity-producing turbines before returning to its channel about 2½ miles downstream.  This year Western Slope leaders, led by the Colorado River District, struck a $99 million deal to buy the tiny hy…