The paper "Environmental Effects of Metropolitan Growth on Water Resources" discusses the effects that development has on water resources. It includes several problems that either do affect Colorado Springs or will in the future. According to the paper urbanization may increase the amount of precipitation over a city by 10 to 30%. This is due to the extra heat produced by cities, heat that is stored in concrete surfaces, and the suspended particles that are by-products of …showed first 75 words of 615 total…

…showed last 75 words of 615 total…county do rely on water from the aquifer. If more water is taken from it than is being put into it may become depleted and wells will go dry. Any new wells will need to be drilled much deeper in order to reach water. It is also possible for contaminants to get into the groundwater from landfills and other industries. It is possible that the aquifer is already contaminated in the Fountain area. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**