Confluence

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. This second edition of Confluence: The Story of Greeley Water examines over 150 years of a water and wastewater utility that began in 1870 with a single irrigation ditch. It is a narrative of the people who developed and shaped water law, engineering, and irrigated agriculture on the semi-arid plains of the Front Range. Native Americans, fur trappers, and Army explorers would be followed by goldseekers and early pioneers. After them came the Union Colonists, utopian-minded settlers who in 1869 had organized in New York City. In the post-Civil War West, they hoped to find good soil, and abundant and reliable water for their new community. Based upon the chronicles of Delph Carpenter, Milton Seaman, W.D. Farr, and many others over the past century and one-half, their efforts, combined with the dedicated leadership of city officials, board members, and water and wastewater department staff, provided the foundation for the Greeley Water system. Today, it provides award-winning water, from four different river basins in Colorado, for delivery to over 140,000 people. It is a water system with a rich heritage in Colorado and the West. Duration - 10h 31m. Author - Michael Welsh. Narrator - Digital Voice sully E. Published Date - Saturday, 03 January 2026.