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  "path": "/2026/03/16/colorado-buy-and-dry-water-deals-revegetation/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-16T10:08:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://coloradosun.com",
  "tags": [
    "Environment",
    "News",
    "Water",
    "Arkansas River",
    "Aurora Water",
    "Colorado legislature",
    "Colorado Springs Utilities",
    "Crowley County",
    "Lower Arkansas Valley",
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  "textContent": "Past water transfers created Dust Bowl conditions in the Lower Arkansas Valley. A new bill would hold cities or speculators responsible.",
  "title": "Rural Colorado demands big cities revegetate after buy-and-dry land deals"
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