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<br />\Water board bonrl.tbreat..
<br />$een violati,ng Ch'ar'ler
<br />BJ. AL I\.NIGHT .and JEFF ROSEN which would allow the board to treat an add'..
<br />. NewsSlaf! tional 250 I11i1Iion gallons of water a day l
<br />.: The Denver Water Board's. open tpresent, the boar~~s total tre;;ltment capacitY is
<br />threat that voters will be hit with mas- 460 million gnllons a day', . .
<br />sive rate increases if they defeat a $lGO .. Those three categories :total $328.1 million'-
<br />million water bond iss'ue next month The balance of tbe funds far the comnlete nra- .
<br />. flie~ in the face of Cily Charterprovi- gram, ~39.9_million. would have to be raised.
<br />sions specifically protecting Denver I~ter to allow the board to complete tbe Eagle-
<br />. l'esidents from such increases. .. Pmey system. ... ..
<br />. ._ Although 1he board is empowered to expand To finance all but t"his last ~39.9 miI1i~m in..
<br />its facilities through rate increases the charter stallment. the board has proposed using the
<br />prohibits. it from charging customers inside $160 million bond issue, funds. from tap fees
<br />Denv~r for i~provements designed to . benefit and charges levied upon developers and reve-_"",
<br />suburban users. : nue generated by s~all annual rate increases. .
<br />And the bUlk' of the board's expansion pro... With .01' Without the; bond issue, the .board
<br />gram is clearly designed to meet mushrooming . has pledged to embark on the full improvement
<br />d~mands from beyond the city limits. ,. ,program~ The choice, board spokesmen say is
<br />Conceivably the board could try to circuin.. program, The_choice, board spokesmen sai-is
<br />~ent t~e .charter_ by . juggling- its figur~s and - not'whether the_ ne.w faci1iti~s will be bl!ilt, but.~'-:
<br />_: I-" ~mrosmg upon Denver residents the increases. ,how to pay for them-with Dond 'money or rate' -<
<br />;, 1t 1S threatening. Otherwise, the. increasc$ .lncre.1.ses.
<br />:_- ",:ould have by far the greatest impact on pre-- ESTll\fATED RATES
<br />" .cIsely those persons who aren't eligiple to vote '"""---- Should. th.e bonds ~~ - defeated, board mgr.
<br />~n the Nov. 6 election-suburban re - .. . James OgIlvIe has estimated rates for all water
<br />-in tbe- Nov, 6 election-subUrban residents. ~ . users would have to be increased by 50 to 75
<br />TEl\-IPORA.&Y IMPACT' per cent. ' ' "
<br />...: For city dwellers. 'on the other hand, the"~ TI?-e b.oaxd's own figuJ;"es, however, 'shoW'
<br />,.,.~su~cess or. failure of '-the bond issue ca have - that only.abo-qt one-fourth of the full program
<br />.. ~mly _a. relatively sma]] and probably temporary. . would~ b~ required to. me~t Denver's present
<br />~ 'lmpact on water bills-especially since -the . and pJ;oJected n~eds. 1f the: board stopped in-
<br />board, contrary to its campaign statements stalling Suburban taps._ The improvements re.., .
<br />plans to' increase rates to-help finance new fa: quired by Denver alone could be .financed by
<br />t.. ,:cilities even if the-bond-issue.is approved. _r- temporary rate increases.of 30 to 50.per cent' .....
<br />.. T-he $160 million in water - bonds is a' key : depef!.~ing C;>~ the cons~ucti~n schedule. '
<br />...elerpent -of the board's favote_d scheme for _ .All addItional p~oJects, Including the entire
<br />'..}Unding its- ambitous' $368 million progJ;am "fo _.;allocation for nw-raw -water supplies, should
<br />,.:__ . expand supply. _treatment and transmi .." under the charter be paid for by suburban cus-',
<br />,,-S.cilities. - ....;.;- tomer~which could .double rr,ltes outside the" .-
<br />, Included in t'he program are: . city.... , . '_ - _ ,
<br />. '_ .,_.~_,$~~.6; ~~.on .~r a4cijtionar rv~teJ.:_ .s'!lP,:,_,-:, -~.' J~e bo~d'~ ~n~e e~p~~io~ plan i~ based. _ _.- -:_;. ::
<br />plies. IncludIng more-than half of the-'controver.'~ ;:_on-.~ts .-]ong-standmg: assumption that'it s'QoUld ~~~-':"'~:"';:\'>-,~{::~ ';-;.
<br />." ;.si.aI E~gle-j?iney .collection'Sys.iem" a__divex.sion-.:..> ....: --:-. .,senie as 3;. de. facto regional. waf _ _, :,~:...>--_;,-:' ':-,-'('.':,:.:-;.:.-~:.
<br />. s~steni on the Willhims' FOrk -RiVer; _ arid. pre... .. serve ;as' 8: de facto.-region.al water aulhoo.:ity......:.:a_ .,' :.~ .',-":~' .<~y
<br />- liminary work on the East Gore Canal. When D~nver .city agenc_y with an increasing portion .. - ,
<br />, completed,-those "thiree projects _ would nearly . _ Of its cO,mmitment outsi~e D.enver; .
<br />. double the amount of Western Slop~ water Th~.c~rent trend began hl1959 when a: City -
<br />. avail.ble to the metropolitan area. ,...:,. -- ~-i:l>a*r..afuendm~nt gave the board authority
<br />. ~27.5 mllUon for preUmlnary work on." . . (Conclllded pD Page 6) 0 Vl1.l'
<br />. .plans _ to recycle the effluent pro9,uced by the . , . _. . " ' , . '-..
<br />-I\~~~o$~~;'~~li~~~~~ new-_tream"i~rit, _PU~~ing, -. .G-.-~te.s. -:.. ~rI. ",Oke
<br />:, storage and transmission facilities. Included is !WI .-<>> T II .
<br />.," storage and transmission facilities._Included is .. ,-- ;~.- -., -" .,. .. ., . .
<br />. F~.2m.i1liOnIOrthe.lirsttwostageSOftheF.o.o.t-: ': "Ail .,;;;1 . ..
<br />; bills ._!reatment Plant southwest .of-~Pe?:er h'~.'Se.T eg.- unIon
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<br />. The eight-week strike at Gates Rubber Co.,
<br />longest in the company's. history, came to an
<br />end Tuesday'. . '. .
<br />.. . . Members of.I.ocal 154 olllie United Rubber
<br />Workers v.ote.d. .overn>!lelmlnJl:ly to .accept the
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<br />the fqUowing day if there were no signs of im~ ;
<br />provement.. They persuaded her to ,allow
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