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m 0299 Lloyd J. Gronning, P.E. President Page 6 GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT AUGMENTATION AND EXCHANGE PLANS-COLORADO SPRINGS -- Directed the development of irrigation return flow studies for the City of Colorado Springs. Work has included development of a lawn water lysimeter prograrn, including the design and insrallation of over ninety lawn water lysimerers randomly located to develop a statistically representative sample of irrigation water use of Colorado Springs, development of a monitoring and data collection program, developrnent of a two-dimensional finite difference groundwater rnodel utilizing the USGS McDonald-Harbough model and developmenr of plans for obtaining decrees for both a surface exchange for the return flows as well as credits for augmenting both present and future groundwarer development. UPPER BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK DESIGNATED GROUNDWATER BASIN n Performed studies of the impact of a major groundwater developrnent for the Upper Black Squirrel Creek Designated Groundwarer Basin. Studies included modeling of the impact of a major groundwater development in the Basin and the probable impact on the regional groundwater availability and water table for the Basin's managernenr district. FOREST PARK PROPERTY -- Directed the development of a plan for augmentation and decree for Denver Basin nonoibutary warer rights for the 320-acre Forest Park property locared in the Cherry Creek Basin in Colorado. Negotiared with objectors in this plan anti testified as an expert witness in warer court. Decree for the plan for augmentation and nonnibutary warer rights were successfully obrained in water court. EAST PARKER PROPERTY n Direcred the development of a plan for nor;tributary warer development of a . MO-acre pruperty located east of Park.,", Colorado. Plan included projecting land ,"se and water requirements. The water supply nontributa'Cf develc>pmem plan was successfully decreed in water court. IRRlGAT:ON RETURN FLOW STUDY, COLORADO SPRINGS n Directed the development of imgaoon return flow srudies for the City of Colorado Springs, which work has included development of a lawn water Iysimeter program, mduding the design and insranarion of over ninety lawn water lysirneters randomly located to develop " sratistically reptesentative sample of irtigarion water use of Colorado Springs, development of the monitoring and dara collect;o:1 prograrn, developmenr of a two-dimonsional finite difference groundwater model utilizing the USGS McDonald-Harbaugh rnodel and development of plans for obtaining decrees for both a surface exchange for the return flows as well as credits for augmenting both present and future grcundwarer developmem. CHERRY CREEK BASIN REGIONAL WATER RIGHTS ANALYSIS '- Diromd an analysis of the water fights of the Cherry Creek Basin in Colorado for the Denver Regional Council of Governments in conjunction with their devebpment of a regional wastewater planning study. Determined the impacts of alternative wastewater treannent scenarios on water rights in the water short Cherty Creek Basin and recommended plans which allow for the de'lelopment of feasible solution to potentially severe water quality concerns in Cherry Creek Reservoir. Presented testimol<Y to rhe Colorado Water Quality Control Commission which was used as a basis for development of a water quality strategy for the Cheny Creek Basin. Mana~ement Consultin~ METROPOUTAN WATER RATE STUDY n Assisted Metropolitan Denver Water Authority in the review and analysis of a Metropolitan Water Rate Study perionned by the Denver Water Depanment. Reptesented the Authority in the development oithe rate study and presented alternatives for rate development to the Denver Water Board. WATER SYSTEMS APPRAlSAL -- Directed the appraisal of two small rural water systems for potential purchase as a part of a plan for extending municipal water service outside the boundaries of the Denver Suburban water utility.