Not a drop to drink

Once upon a time, the City of Sundance provided its thirsty citizens with water from a spring on land that today belongs to the Crawford family. Though it has been abandoned and its line has been leaking for the last 35 years, should the city have issue with the landowner exercising their water rights?

The answer to this question, posed to the council on Tuesday, was no. Warren Crawford attended the meeting to explain the situation and ask the council to monument within its minutes that it will not challenge his right to make use of the water.

The spring is one of two that date from the early...