Denver is Running Dry 
Running Dry is an amazing 3 part story in the Rocky Mountain News about Denver's water problems and the billions of dollars it will take to sustain our civilization there. I found it because the guy who did the graphics won a journalism award.
The articles provide insight into the physics of wells, the price of ignorance, the power of developers and the cost of water. Imagine buying a your dream home and finding out a month later that you have to pay $15,000 for a new well.
The article mentions a hotel in Denver that powered its elevator off of the water pressure in the newly discovered aquifers under Denver at the turn of the century. That is true steampunk material.
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