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ing ~ater and shipping it north out of this basin. And being a fast-growing, affluent suburb of Denver, it has deep pockets. . So it is tempting for the owners of the remaining 44 percent of .Rocky Ford Ditch water to consider Aurora's recent offer of about $56,000 per share for their rights in the canal. While Aurora could not take all of the water out of this basin, only the consumptive use, that still would mean about 5,000 acre-feet less water in the river each ye¥,... . . . . That's because Aurora would try to take the water out ' of the river not at Rocky Ford but close to the headwaters where diversion capabilities already exist. And water near the headwaters is much different than water that currently flows into the Rocky Ford Ditch. Water near the top of the stream has few contaminants. As the river flows down through mountain canyons and then across Southeastern Colorado's prairies, it picks up contaminants in various areas. Of course, that' s natural. But as more clear water is
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