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<br />#10 <br /> <br />Status Summary of Rueter-Hess Reservoir <br /> <br />,/ Rueter-Hess Reservoir will provide a long-term, reliable water supply <br />storage for the District, and eventually for regional water supply <br />providers. <br /> <br />,/ The reservoir site has great flexibility, in that it can accommodate <br />either a 10,000 ac-ft reservoir, a 55,000 ac-ft reservoir or a dam that <br />would be built in stages, whereby the 10,000 ac-ft reservoir would be <br />built initially, then enlarged to its ultimate capacity of 55,000 ac-ft. <br /> <br />,/ There are sufficient in-basin water supplies to justify the construction <br />of Rueter-Hess Reservoir, including (a) in-priority Cherry Creek flows, <br />(b) advanced wastewater treatment effluent, ( c) recapture irrigation <br />return flows, (d) in-priority Newlin Gulch flows, and (e) Denver Basin <br />aquifer well pumping. <br /> <br />,/ Imported water supplies, while not currently available for District use, <br />can expand the utility and water supply capability of Rueter-Hess <br />Reservoir. <br /> <br />,/ The reservoir can serve multiple purposes, including (a) direct uSe for <br />municipal water supplies, (b) carryover storage that provides reliable <br />yield in dry years, ( c) source for bedrock aquifer injection, and (d) <br />releases that can be utilized by downstream users on Cherry Creek. <br /> <br />,/ Both the environmental and geotechnical studies necessary to get to the <br />construction phase are already under way, and these studies indicate no <br />fatal flaws which would preclude the development of the project. <br />