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<br />02SG <br /> <br />Metropolitan Water Supply and Planning Analysis - Milliken Research Group presented a methodology <br />for planning a l~st warpr a'PW.z that will meet furure water demands in a metr')poiit HI ar,a <br />where water resources are limite . The study discussed several alternative water strategies to transfer <br />of agricultural water, including some that are non-traditional including wastewater reuse. The <br />methodology is demonstrated in the specific semi-arid metropolitan area of Denver, Colorado. <br /> <br />Alternative Regional Economic Development Programs - Milliken Research Group is a part of an inter- <br />disciplinary team which conducted an economic base-and development analysis.oLthe.S.3!l Mig),!el <br />Basin in Western Colorado. The project included an analysis of the impacts of water resour(e <br />-ae;elopment on the three major economic sectors: agriculture, recreation and tourism, and <br />construction. Growth multipliers were calculated. Alternative growth approaches based on an analysis <br />of the basin economy were also developed including an identification of the social, economic, and <br />environmental impacts. t...) \^'C'.fr- c..;:), ,J0..r; \)"'- <br />-' <br /> <br />~'I <br />,/ <br />l// I <br /> <br />Donald E. Nielsen, Soils Consultant <br /> <br />Agronomy and Land Reclamation. <br />Mr. Nielsen now owns and operates a registered Angus Cattle enterprise in Otero County, Colorado. <br />He also serves as an expert witness for Water Division 2, reviewing the City of Aurora's revegetation <br />activities on approximately 4,000 acres under the Rocky Ford Ditch, from which water rights are <br />subject to transfer to Aurora. From 1950-1980 he w'as employed by the USDA, Soil Conservation <br />Service in Colorado. From 1978-1980, Mr. Nielsen was SCS State Conservation AS!Tonomist for <br />Colorado with responsibility for all technical phases of th~ SCS agronomy program in Colorado. <br />During 1950.1978, he held positions as District Conservationist serving soil conservation districts in <br />Elbert, Otero, Las Animas and El Paso counties of Colorado. In these positions, he gained expertise <br />and skills in extensive management of soil and water resources on all major land uses and land types <br />in Colorado. <br /> <br />Dr. Charles F. Cortese. Consultant in SocioloS!V <br /> <br />Social Impacts Studies. <br />Dr. Cortese, Associate Professor and fonner Chair of the Sociology Department, University of Denver, <br />has conducted extensive research on social impacts and community changes in rural areas of Western ., ,1-.c GJ <br />states. A native of the Arkansas River Valley, Colorado, he has conducted sociological research in ruraJ ;''1-. \) <br />communities of Southern Colorado. His research has been sponsored by the Colorado Department of <br />Natural Resources, Colorado Governor's Office, Southern Ute Tribe, Bureau of Land Management, <br />Minerals Management Service, National Park Service, Colorado Commission on Higher Eduction, <br />Denver Research Institute, Mountain West Research, and the National Academy of Sciences. <br /> <br />Milenski A'l: Consultin'l: Service <br /> <br />Arkansas River Valley. The Milenski Ag Consulting Service, with offices in Swink, Colorado, is <br />operated by Bill Milenski. He has completed numerous agricultural and residential appraisals in the <br />srudyarea; these include over 300 commercial agricultural appraisals in the lower Arkansas Valley of <br />which approximately 60 to 70 percent are of irrigated fanns. He has developed a good working <br />knowledge of the area's water supply over twenty years experience in this profession. In addition, he <br />was a member of Task Force [ and co-chaired the revegetation committee. He has extensive <br />knowledge of both the Arkansas River system and the Fryingpan-Arkansas project. <br /> <br />28 <br />