Spory o dostęp do wody na zachodzie Ameryki

A stream near a gate that controls flow for the water supply in Laporte, Colo. on April 9, 2023. Lawsuits, protests and fierce disputes over who contr...

A valley near Fort Collins, Colo., on April 9, 2023. Lawsuits, protests and fierce disputes over who controls water in the parched American West have...

The Thornton water treatment plant in Thornton, Colo., on April 8, 2023. Lawsuits, protests and fierce disputes over who controls water in the parched...

A neighborhood in Thornton, Colo., on Wednesday, April 8, 2023, which purchased 17,000 acres of farmland 60 miles north, near Fort Collins, decades ag...

A reservoir in Fort Collins, Colo., roughly 60 miles north of Thornton, on April 7, 2023. Lawsuits, protests and fierce disputes over who controls wat...

Roger Uthmann, who owns a feeding line company in Fort Collins, Colo., on April 6, 2023, but leases Thornton land. Lawsuits, protests and fierce dispu...

Jack Ethredge, Thornton's former city manager, in Thornton, Colo., April 6, 2023. Lawsuits, protests and fierce disputes over who controls water in th...

Opposition to the pipeline in Fort Collins, Colo., on April 5, 2023. Lawsuits, protests and fierce disputes over who controls water in the parched Ame...

Brett Henry, executive director for infrastructure of Thornton, Colo., at the city's water treatment plant on April 5, 2023. Lawsuits, protests and fi...

Barry Feldman and Barbara Cohen of Fort Collins, Colo., who oppose the pipeline, at thier home on April 5, 2023. Lawsuits, protests and fierce dispute...

Jeni Arndt, mayor of Fort Collins, where residents oppose Thornton's proposed pipeline, Fort Collins, Colo., at her office on April 4, 2023. Lawsuits,...