DENVER—With a massive water shortfall looming by 2050, it’s time for the state to step in and plot a direction for meeting future demand, a Denver-area water official said Thursday. State legislators in 2005 created nine roundtables representing eight river basins around the state plus the thirsty, populated Denver area. The roundtables were meant to unite diverse interests that in some cases have argued for decades to negotiate water solutions that would benefit both the areas supplying the water and areas that are getting it…

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