The arid and semi-arid west must utilize its total water resources and promote water conservation in order to meet the ever increasing demand. Artificial recharge is defined as the augmentation of the natural infiltration of surface water into underground formations by some method of construction, spreading of water, or by artificially changing natural conditions.

This report describes the source treatment and volumes of water used for public supplies by Colorado's cities and towns. Previously information on the water supplies of many of the smaller cities and towns was not readily available. This report presents in one volume a compilation of comparable data on the water supplies of most of the cities and towns in the state but only summarizes the mass of data available from the larger cities. Also included...