Utah’s high court has backed that state engineer’s decision to reject a proposal to pipe water from the Green River to Colorado’s Front Range.

The project’s proponent is viewing the ruling as only a temporary setback.

“Look, the court gave us a C-minus on a couple homework issues. We’ll resolve it and get our thesis straightened up and get on down the road,” Aaron Million, founder, CEO and chair of Water Horse Resources, LLC., said Friday in an interview.

Gary Wockner with the group Save the Colorado is viewing the ruling differently.

“While we weren’t involved in this court case, we’ve been fighting versions of this project for 15 years. The Utah Supreme Court’s ruling should be a nail in the coffin for the idea that Green River water can be diverted in Utah and piped across Wyoming o

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