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<br />$859,000 to CSU to fund their portion of the project, plus approximately <br />$200,000 committed by PWSD for equipment and other costs. <br />Project Results: Will be made available during CO State demonstration field <br />days and in CO State Cooperative Extension fact sheets and technical reports. <br /> <br />Reuter-Hess Reservoir as a Water Management Tool <br />-- Maximize use of local ground water <br />--reuse <br />--maximize use of local renewable water supplies <br />--Import renewable, reusable water supplies <br /> <br />Developing a model to sustain irrigated agriculture while meeting increasing <br />water demand in CO <br /> <br />Major Areas of Research: <br />--Agricultural economics, risk management, farm policy <br />--Agricultural production, water policy <br />-- Water resource management <br />--Soil and crop sciences, water quality, water management, forage crops <br /> <br />Focus of CSU study: how to move ag water to municipalities <br />--Agronomic concepts for limited irrigation <br />--Inoigation research farm/on-farm demonstrations <br /> <br />See handout for Farm locations (between Iliff and Proctor in Logan County) <br />Forage quality relative fee value %, example of economic scenario <br /> <br />Reuter-Hess Reservoir Phase I <br />(Handout) <br />Original Reservoir: <br />-470 water surface acres <br />-135-ft Dam height <br />-4,822-ft Dam Length <br />-6 million cubic yards of dirt moved <br />-18,000 cubic yards of concrete <br />-4,000 tons of steel <br /> <br />Background: Parker realizes need for renewable source of water; surface <br />water on Cherry Creek needs to be captured in storage vessel: 12/31/1985 <br />filed on original reservoir. <br /> <br />Enlarged Reservoir Phase II <br />-1,126 water surface acres <br />-196 ft dam height <br />-7,479 ft dam length <br />-15 million cubic yards of dirt moved <br /> <br />3 <br />