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<br />;, <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS <br />1 Jb Slale Capitol <br />Den"'!'I, Colorado 80103-' 7,}] <br />Phone (03) 86b-24 71 <br /> <br /> <br />-1. STATE OF COLORADO <br />." .. I~~ <br />.!'''' ''( <br />11/ RECEIVED .~~ . <br />eei"..., .' - (-, <br />, ~..., ',,93 ~: <br />CA'. <':J <br />'Lfy';....~.l k. <br />,.-. /. <br />/, <br />,,'\ <br />" <br /> <br />D1R <br />SC <br />ASC <br />F <br />I <br />L . <br />E <br /> <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br /> <br />News Release <br /> <br />October 6, 1993 <br />For Immediate Release <br /> <br />News Contact: <br /> <br />Matt Sugar, 866-4572 <br />Kathy Kanda, 866-5887 <br /> <br />GOVERNOR LAUNCHES STATEWIDE EFFORT TO EVALUATE FRONT RANGE <br />WATER SUPPLY OPTIONS <br /> <br />Governor Roy Romer Wednesday launched a statewide effort to explore options for <br />assuring that adequate water supplies will continue to be available for Front Range <br />municipalities. <br />"Since the Environmental Protection Agency vetoed the Two Forks Project, I have <br />been concerned about the how we can move ahead with the important task of meeting the <br />Denver metropolitan area's water supply needs efficiently and effectively, while minimizing <br />impacts to other regions of the state," Romer said. <br />To address those concerns, Romer has established the 40-member Front Range Water <br />Forum to oversee a two-year technical study of options that focus on more efficient <br />operations of existing urban water supply systems. The forum includes the mayors of <br />Denver, Aurora, Thornton, Northglenn and other Front Range municipalities; water leaders <br />from both the Front Range and the Western Slope; legislators; representatives from business <br />and environmental organizations; and state agency officials. <br />Funded by the General Assembly and the Colorado Water Conservation Board, the <br />$450,000 study is an outgrowth of the Governor's 1993 Colorado Water Convention which <br />drew more than 800 participants from across the state in January. A recurring theme at the <br />convention was the interconnection between Front Range efforts to secure future water <br />supplies and growing concern from other parts of the state that water would be diverted for <br />municipal use at the expense of rural and Western Slope economies. <br /> <br />- more- <br />