Today we're wrapping up “Scorched Summers,” our series about lessons learned from the punishing drought and fires of a decade ago. In 2002, water managers just barely had enough water to make it through that year. Since then, they’ve made a lot of changes. And the state has a new emphasis on getting water managers to coordinate during a drought, with the idea that it’s easier to make it through when communities share everything from information to water. Ryan Warner talks with Denver Water CEO Jim Lochhead about how that utility barely made it through 2002, and what's happening now to prevent that from happening again.
You can see our entire series, Scorched Summers, here.
[Photo: Megan Verlee]
