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<br />oj Rocky Mountain News - Denver and Colorado's reliable source for breaking news, sports <br /> <br />Page 2 of2 <br /> <br />; <br /> <br />It, and other Douglas County communities, have pushed to find ways to store surface water <br />supplies because the groundwater wells they have used for decades are producing less <br />water. <br /> <br />"I'm very impatient with how long this is taking," said Rick McLoud, water resources manager <br />for Centennial Water and Sanitation District, which serves Highlands Ranch. <br /> <br />"It's extremely important to the South Metro area because we're overty dependent on (non- <br />renewable) groundwater. <br /> <br />"ThiS is one project that we need to develop renewable surface water supplies. It's extremely <br />valuable to us." <br /> <br />Others who have been working on the effort said that the delays are tolerable, given the <br />benefits that the project will bring to metro Denver. <br /> <br />Those include updated recreation facilities at Chatfield and higher flows in the South Platte as <br />it passes through Denver. <br /> <br />"This is a unique and rare opportunity," said Jeff Shoemaker, executive director of the <br />Greenway Foundation, which is part of an advisory group working on the project. <br /> <br />Shoemaker said that the delays "are challenging news." <br /> <br />"But ultimately, this project is good news," he said. <br /> <br />SIlblhj@RodcyMountainNews.comor303-954-5474 <br /> <br />ARCHIVE I ABOUT US I CONTACT US I RSS FEEDS I SUBSCRIBE <br />SITE MAP I PHOTO REPRINTS I CORRECTIONS <br /> <br />2007 @ The EW_ Scripps Co- <br />Privacy Policy and User Agreement <br />Questions? Comments? Talk to Us. <br /> <br />uSwitch.com compares gas & electricity, home phone, mobile phones. broadband, credit cards, loans and car Insurance <br /> <br />http://www.rockymountainnews.comldrmn/local/artic1e/0.1299.DRMN_15_5639388.00.ht... 7/23/2007 <br />