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Table 8 - 2 Major Identified Projects and Processes in South Platte B asin Excluding the Denver/South Metro Counties <br />Estimated Demand met <br />by Identified P rojects <br />and Processes and <br />Subbasins Additional <br />(Counties) Conservation (AFY) Identified Projects and Processes <br />Upper Mountain 16,500 Drilling of exempt wells <br /> <br />? <br /> (Clear Creek, Gilpin, Cooperative agreements with existing major water providers <br /> <br />? <br />Park, Teller) Development of tributa ry groundwater supplies and plans for augmentation with <br /> <br />? <br />agricultural transfers and new storage <br />High Plains 800 Additional non - tributary groundwater <br /> <br />? <br /> (Cheyenne, Kit <br />Carson, Lincoln, <br />Phillips, Washington, <br />Yuma) <br />Northern 146,500 Ac tive Conservation <br /> <br />? <br /> (Boulder, Larimer, Windy Gap Firming <br /> <br />? <br />Weld) Northern Integrated Supply Plan <br /> <br />? <br />Halligan and Seaman Reservoirs enlargement <br /> <br />? <br />New storage including gravel lakes <br /> <br />? <br />Agricultural transfers <br /> <br />? <br />CBT acquisition <br /> <br />? <br />Reuse for non - potable irrigation of parks and golf courses and other la ndscaping <br /> <br />? <br />Exchanges <br /> <br />? <br />Annexation policies <br /> <br />? <br />Treating lower quality water sources <br /> <br />? <br />Use of local ditch rights for landscape irrigation <br /> <br />? <br />Lower Platte 8,900 Augmentation of tributary groundwater with agricultural transfers <br /> <br />? <br /> (Logan, Morgan, CBT acquisition <br /> <br />? <br />Sedgwick) <br />TOTAL 172,700 <br /> <br />46 <br />Table 8 - 12 Potential Future Water Management Options for the South Platte Basin and Denver/South Metro Counties <br />Additional Additional Yield <br />Project Sponsor Type of Project Storage (AF) (AFY) Project Purpose and Notes <br />Standley Lake City of Additional up to 18,000 up to 6,000 Purpose is to firm the water supply for M&I <br />Enlarge ment Northglenn Storage users. Northglenn has an existing gap that <br />could be addressed through additional <br />storage. Other parties may participate; Yield <br />varies depending upon participants <br />Tamarack Plan State of Groundwater Not Available 10,000 Managed groundwater recharge projects to <br />Colorado Recharge and reregulate flows in a manner that is <br />Conjunctive Use consistent with the flow - related goals of the <br />Platte River Recove ry Implementation <br />Program. <br />Julesburg CWCB Additional 15,000 7,800 Addresses lower basin agricultural needs. <br />Enlargement Storage <br />Johnson CWCB Additional 10,600 7,800 Addresses lower basin agricultural needs. <br />Reservoir Storage <br />Harmony Ditch CWCB Addi tional 10,000 6,000 Addresses lower basin agricultural needs. <br />West Storage <br />Groundwater None Conjunctive Use Not Applicable Not Available Ongoing programs, new projects anticipated. <br />Storage / Alluvial of Groundwater Could benefit all users and M&I, agri cultural, <br />Storage environmental, and recreational. <br /> <br />47 <br />23 <br />