@rmpbs: On Wednesday, the Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District, also known as the Lower Ark District, hosted its inaugural water summit. It brought together nearly 200 attendees — from farmers, ranchers and community members to legislators and scientists — to discuss the future of water rights in southeastern Colorado. The Lower Ark District partnered with the Freshwater Trust — a data-driven consulting company — to release an interactive data set detailing the economic impacts of “buy-and-dry” on rural communities throughout Colorado. “Buy-and-dry” refers to when cities purchase water rights from rural, agricultural communities to fuel urban growth, permanently removing the water from agricultural land. Read the complete story at rmpbs.org/news Reporting by Chelsea Casabona

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