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Montrose Water and the Gunnison Tunnel!

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Montrose is a high desert mountain valley… So how is it so green and beautiful here. Largely the water in this valley comes from the Gunnison River and is diverted from the Black Canyon through the Gunnison Tunnel… This was built back in 1909 and this year in 2009 Montrose is celebrating the 100 year anniversary of this amazing engineering feat!

Here is Marc Catlin - Manager of the Uncompahgre Valley Water Users talking about it:

Here is a nice little video showing photos from when the tunnel was first constructed:

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Water in Colorado - Where does it come from?

Friday, August 21st, 2009

The easy answer is the sky!  The rain, snow, hail and sleet… But mostly snow because it is the convenient method of storage mother nature provides… From there it gets a little tricky…

On the eastern slope (or east side of the Continental Divide) much of it is diverted through tunnels from the Western Slope to the Eastern Slope…

Check out this video about Transmountain Diversion:

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