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Contents 4.6 Overview of Select Environmental and Recreational Projects .................................. ...4-43 4.6.1 Elkhead Reservoir ............................................................................................... ...4-43 4.6.2 Arkansas River Flow Agreement .................................................................... .. 4-44 4.6.3 Ruedi Reservoir ................................................................................................... .. 4-45 4.6.4 Carbon Lakes Ditch Removal .......................................................................... .. 4-46 4.6.5 Moser -Colorado Water Trust Transaction ................................................ .. 4-46 4.6.6 Tarryall Creek Restoration ............................................................................... ...4-47 4.6.7 Wolford Mountain Reservoir .......................................................................... ...4-47 4.6.8 Inventory of Projects Identified by the Environment and Recreation TRT ......................................................................................................................... .. 4-48 4.7 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................ ...4-52 4.8 Recommendations ................................................................................................................ ...4-53 4.9 Environment and Recreation Roundtable Membership ............................................ .. 4-54 Section 5 Addressing the Water Supply Gap (between Current Supply and Current and Future Water Needs) Technical Roundtable 5.1 Overview of Addressing the Gap Technical Roundtable ............................................ .....5-1 5.11 Technical Roundtable Discussions 5.2 Summary of Major Discussion During Addressing the Gap Technical Roundtable Meetings ........................................................................................................... .... 5-6 5.2.1 Summary of Gap Areas Statewide ................................................................... .... 5-6 5.3 Options for Water Supply Alternatives ........................................................................... .. 5-14 5.3.1 Conservation ......................................................................................................... .. 5-14 5.3.2 Water Reuse in Colorado .................................................................................. ...5-16 5.3.3 Agricultural Transfers ......................................................................................... ...5-18 5.3.4 New Water Supply Projects Including Storage ........................................... ...5-18 5.4 Major Water Supply Alternatives for Select Gap Areas .............................................. ...5-18 5.4.1 Elements of Water Supply Alternatives ........................................................ .. 5-19 5.4.2 Agricultural Transfers from the Arkansas and South Platte Basins ....... ..5-20 5.4.3 Blue Mesa Multipurpose Project ...................................................................... ..5-28 5.4.4 Colorado River Return Project ......................................................................... ...5-31 5.4.5 Flaming Gorge Pipeline ...................................................................................... .. 5-33 5.4.6 Green Mountain/Blue River Pumpback ......................................................... ..5-34 5.4.7 Yampa Pumpback ................................................................................................ ..5-40 5.4.8 Considerations in Developing Structural Alternatives .............................. ..5-42 5.5 Recommendations ................................................................................................................. ..5-47 5.6 Addressing the Gap Technical Meeting Outline and Roundtable Membership .. ..5-48 iv DRAFT FINAL /+~'~w