WSP09401

• File Number: 8056
• Description: Drought Preparedness
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 8/28/1986
• Author: CDM
• Title: Phase I - Drought Study - City of Loveland Raw Water Supply System
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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City of Loveland
Phase I
Drought Study

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

PURPOSE

The City of Loveland, Vater/Vastewater Department retained Camp Dresser &

McKee Inc. (COM) to conduct an analysis of the ability of the City's water

supply sources to deliver water during selected drought conditions. This

drought analysis was conducted as the first phase of a three-phase water

supply study which (1) assesses drought impacts on the City's water supply

system and recommends a drought protection level. (2) identifies and

quantifies potential alternatives to mitigate drought impacts, and

describes the type(s), size(s), location(s) and implementation schedule(s)

for the recommended alternative, and (3) conducts a feasibility study for

the CVCB of the recommended drought mitigation alternative.

METHODOLOGY

Vater Availability - The City's raw water sources include the following:

1. Big Thompson River direct-flow water rights.
2. Ownership in a number of private irrigation ditch and reservoir
companies.
3. Ownership of Colorado-Big Thompson Project (CBT) units.
4. Ownership of Vindy Gap Project (VGP) uni ts.

Both the CBT and Vindy Gap projects derive their supply from streams in the
Upper Colorado River Basin. Conveyance facilities (e.g., Adams Tunnel,
Dille Tunnel, Charles Hansen Feeder Canal, etc.) are operated and
maintained by the Northern Colorado Vater Conservancy District (NCVCD) and
Municipal Subdistrict of the NCVCD (MS-NCVCD) in partnership with the

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