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I I I I I I I .. OTHER CONSIDERA TlONS ADEQUACY, STABILITY, AND RELIABILITY OF CURRENT WATER SUPPLY: 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I The Town currently owns more than 35,500 acre-feet per year of water rights (a typical family uses half an acre-foot of water per year). This means that each year the Town has access to enough water to fill a football field-sized swimming pool 6.5 miles deep. For years, the Town has been a partner in the Douglas County Water Resource Authority (DCWRA) and the South Metro Water Supply Study Board (SMWSSB). A new water study performed by the South Metro group indicates that Douglas County is looking at depletion of the aquifer pressure head in the next 10 - 20 years. However, the Town's geographical location in relation to the Denver basin aquifers indicates that our timeline is somewhat longer than the rest of Douglas County. The Town's Utilities staff continues to refine our groundwater situation using data specific to the Town applied to the same hydraulic model used in the South Metro Study. The study also shows that, with the right steps, we will have enough time to create sensible, long- term solutions to support our demands 50 years from now and beyond. The Town has long recognized the need to diversify its water portfolio and extend the life of its aquifers. The following is an outline of the Town's WRSMP, which will be finalized in the summer of 2005. Many of the identified solutions are currently in process or on the near horizon. The goal of the WRSMP is to evaluate the major water supply options potentially available to the Town in a manner that will result in an optimal mix of conservation, use and reuse of existing water resources, groundwater and renewable water sources in order to provide the Town with a long-term, sustainable water supply. The expected outcome will be a strategic plan that addresses the Town's long-term water supply issues by identifying programs and projects that extend the life of the aquifers. The plan will present the different options in a manner that will allow the Town/Community to map out a program that best fits its goals and financial capability. Much of the work in 2004 and 2005 focused on developing an effective Outreach Program to the community, refinement of the Town's Conservation Plan, the development of a Decision Process to evaluate water supply options, and evaluate the Town's Water Resources, including the development of a Groundwater Model. CWCB Water Conservation Planning Grant Program SA VING WA TER THROUGH EoveA TlON, INCENTIVES. AND APPL/CA TlON OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES