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Michael Bennet: “What in the rest of the country can be seen as a water quality issue, in the West it really is a water quantity issue”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2012
What in the rest of the country can be seen as a water quality issue, in the West it really is a water quantity issue
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet emphasizes the difference between water quality and quantity issues in the West.

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