January 31, 1974 - The idea of a domestic rural water system to serve the Uncompahgre Valley between Ridgway and Ouray was put back into play at the annual meeting of Tri-County Water Conservancy District directors here Monday afternoon. Given a dribble by Realtor and subdivision developer Wayne Rowser (formerly of Ouray and now of Montrose), the Ridgway-Ouray domestic rural water system ball began bouncing with momentum during the discussion.