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o o '"'>l (." 1-4 . I I I . I "~ d"""" \....J . . .~ ... ..... \., ~.'" 5!J.. ""~. Il!f. r -r--..... I - I ~. -1;r-:;:I"t ." "-'1:1'-, ." r.:a"$.. ;, .;'~!~ · :/~t~::1 7~ tl ~ ~ " " >~~ \lJ'l l"J ~ ~~ " . I ..- ..... ~ Denver voters created the munici. paliy-owned \fVater Department in 1918 al1d directed that it be con- ducted on a non-profit, non-political, busi- ness-like basis by an independent, non. partisan. board of five water commission- ers. The Department is financed entirely by the sale of water and bond issues, repaid by revenue, and receives no tax revenues whatever. plant exceeds revenues total Revenues of the Water Department musr meet each year's operating expenses, pay for routine improvements and cover the annual principal and interest en bonds sold in prior years to finance lil'-tjor ciipitai im. proverY'.ents. Administrative offices ore located at 144 W. Colfax Ave., in Denver's Civic Center The Department's nerve center, however is at the West Side YMds, 1600 W 12th Ave., where d complex of buildings houses machine, carpenter and all maintenance shops, warehouse and ~tcrage fClcilities, meter reading and repair headquarters as well as the dispatch and telemetering center. Supervisory control and telemetering be. gan in 1957, providing remote control of entire pumping stations and telemetering of pressures and elevations from through- out the distribution system to central con- trol points. At the nerve center, a 24-hour-a.day operation, personnel on duty receive emer. gency calls and, through computers, direct the flow of water from one storage source to another. Under Cily Chaner provisions, aJ! operat- ing revenues of the Department are placed in a Water Works Fund by the City Treas. urer and audited by the elected City Audi- tor. The Water Department is authorized by Charter !o fix rates .'as low as good service will permit,. sufficient to pay for reserves, additions, exfensions and betterments "in- cluding those reasonably required for the anticipated growth of the Denver metro, politan area..' Cost or the physical $250 million, <Ind annual more Ihdfl $23 million, - ..., .J ~ " !:O' I '--I ..' . , Q\. I , Above, from left, Den- ver \"/ater BO<1rd Cerr,- miss :oners ,<\ndrew ~()ran Jr., presidt?nl; William G, Ter~plt:, ~irs. Vice President; Char!(!s F. SrJ,~,),:n, John A. Yet e-n;(k "nrl fl ASOQrno A.t right (on filCir'\g P<1}:j"1. James l. Ogi:v!<.':, Manuger.