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<br />July24, 2007 .
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<br />Mr. Steve Gunders~,~. :: . .
<br />. Water .QUalitY Co~1- I)ivisi~ll , . ", ::" ,
<br />Colorado Departmi:ol ofPublicHealtb and BnViroDnient
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<br />'Denver, ColOrado'80246.:is3,O, . . " . .
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<br />"I ~ the ~urIent pre'sid~t of the Plum Creek Vi utewater. AuthOrity'Boaid cifDireCtOiS and am . . .'
<br />writmg.tbisletter On the ,BOStd~'s ~'Plum:Creek WasteWaier~thoijtY.<:P~A) ~vides"
<br />waStewater.treatmtmt.fOr,the.TOMi ofc3sUe Ro~.Castl.e.Pines Metropoli~ DiStri.ct;. ant.... .
<br />'. Castle Pjn~ North MetropOlitan ~trict.''-Iwant to:~e WithyOu~sOm~'oonCems ',~ o~.&W
<br />. bas With recent .actions by 1heWat# ~tY c<mtrol Divi~on, aDd ~e WIlter;QDaJity control .
<br />Commission concerning PQtenti3J...cb3nges,.tOtbe,thatfield CmitrotReguJ.ation. '.
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<br />F~ anow me to prOVide alittIe baCkgroUncL Ill,200S, PCWA"coD1pleted:m ~.iOn of its '.' .'.
<br />. . faci1iti~ toptoVidc ~gh~~evcl tie,~cnt'for:wat~ dl~ to ~.PluiD. Otc*. ~ you'k;DOw, :'
<br />, tbisw~even:ttiaUy ~ds.Up ~. ~tiield'Re6ervoir.arid. the' south ~1att.e'~~. The:2~O.5 : '.
<br />. exPansion ~1 eOs~ the ratepayers of our set;ncie ~a over $41M m principal ,rind inter~t over : " '.
<br />the'next 18 yearS. SQ PcwA is a1fead)rdoing agre3t deal to in'otect:Water quality'.m. ~ Pluni .
<br />., : Creek and' Qhatfi~d'~~?~: Mlieh of~~e)qJ~ i$~~y.toren;aoVe.n~entSto a.
<br />le\'eho eOm.ply. wrth.e,q,sti.ng standaids 'an<fwith.those.tbat.were '~ably anticipated at the
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<br />,It is therefore disbmnrig,lO. ()ui' ~to)i~~.~:WQCDh;Is p~~'th~WQCC to:lJ(old':' .
<br />hearings ~()" pb!eQtially.81ter thc'phosphmus StaDdaid inChatfi.eld Reservoir:aDA potentially'tO. .
<br />. . oUr faCility at a time whim there'i.r no d<<uizimte4problein With 'water qualitY in the' reServoir. . '.,
<br />I &Was'pointedout;itthereCenttri~a1nMew:hearlngbY~aUl~w~owaS ". .
<br />represeilting CJ;aatfit?d Waic:tshcd.AiithQrity~,fhCf c~t",Chat:iield .chlorophyll a 'goal'has never' .
<br />been. ~ceeded in the history,o(tbe ~trolregwmon,.:eveD.':i~ yCari w~.ih~ phoSphoms. ':. '
<br />: . s~h3s b~exceeded:dueu:f8noma1ousflow~1i0nJ'~ the ~acts'ofwi1d land an4 .
<br />. . forest tireS.' Now, we uriderstmltt'Uiat the. Division deSire~ ~:rOOO the,mod.eliog'oftlle ~s.voiT
<br />.'over a shoitperiod' ottim~'~ '1ikely.ai~ 1be annuaUoadii1~r~heduIe CFMAL).tO the reservOir.
<br />OUr advisOrs ten us esSentially no sCientific iDfomlationlias ~.provjded'fOr an eD:y]romi1~ta1
<br />.. ". concern'that would' h;gi~ drive'thiS effort, As a local'public body,charged With '\Vise ,"
<br />" st~ :oft;he:PUbJic fiSC ss'.weU as ~e t;mviroi1D:1em. 'Y<< are:$eDously c~"ed ~ ~s',
<br />. ' initiative dQesOOt~t an:ef6cient ~io~atiQri of'Divisi~ana. Other p~blil1 iesaurces.~ F~ds'
<br />.aY3i;Jable foX'enviioIiJDent~lpt<J~On aDd" the public"s ability to abaoro reJateA COSIsare ~ot'.
<br />. ~te, 8D.d ~yirOmnemaliriitilitivc::S muSt bepriOritizcd. .The ~ of an app~t prOblem in
<br />~eGhat:6cld'~servoirsu~ the'proposedinitiativeshould not be giveri thepnority'it is '. .
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