Want to recycle your own water at home? A new proposal could make that easier in Colorado

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A red refrigerator-sized appliance, made by Hydraloop, that recycles gray water, stands next to the washer and dryer in the garage of Justin Fox, in Carlsbad, California, Jan. 24, 2023.

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Rafters head downstream on the Colorado River from the Loma boat ramp west of Grand Junction. Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022.

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A blanket of snow covers the Kawuneeche Valley, the headwaters of the Colorado River, and trees burned by the East Troublesome fire, in Rocky Mountain National Park, March 31, 2023. Snowpack in the Headwaters is 130 percent above average this winter; what that means for the over allocated river water and the 7 states that depend on it remains to be seen.

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