The West and Water: Filtering Out the Conventional Wisdom and Producing More User-Friendly Historical Lessons
The West and Water: Filtering Out the Conventional Wisdom and Producing More User-Friendly Historical Lessons
Confluence Ballroom (Westin Denver Downtown)
The history of water development offers a particularly fine post for observing the astonishing and implausible workings of historical change and, in response, for cultivating an appropriate level of humility and modesty in our anticipations of our own unknowable future. Tracing the origins and growth of the Denver Water Department, this study of water and its unique role and history in the West, as well as the nation, raises questions about the complex relationship among cities, suburbs, and rural areas, allowing us to consider this precious resource and its past, present, and future with both optimism and realism.
Presenter:
Patty Limerick
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