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. . . Infrastructure options for the Northern Water Providers generally included (a) ; development of additional Denver Basin aquifer water supplies through satellite well fields,: (b) increase in I reuse by utilizing available surface storage facilities, and (c) dl~velopment lof replacement renewable water supplies using available surface storage structures. Capital I costs for these various options generally range between $6,200 and $9,575 per ac-ft, while I the annual unit costs to provide this water ranged from $2.75 per 1,000 gallons to over $6.00 per 1,000 I gallons. I The infrastructure analysis for the Southern Water Providers indicated that te entities are currently interconnected locally and there are also emergency interconnections ~to CSU through I Cherokee, Colorado Centre, and Stratmoor Hills. Therefore, the Southern Water Providers I have already implemented a regionalized infrastructure plan. : ! I Two additional infrastructure options that potentially could be pursued by the !southern Water Providers are (a) to provide better use of the reusable effluent from the Fry/l-<\rk Project and I (b) to seek additional surface storage so that these water supplies could be tapped in the event of problems with delivery from the Fountain Valley Authority Pipeline. i I ! Synergistic Projects With Colorado Springs Utilities : I The EPCW A has investigated whether there are possible areas where CSU ahd EPCW A can act cooperatively on water rights, water supply and infrastructure components!. Meetings have been held with CSU personnel to discuss these possible synergistic projects. C~rrent1y, CSU is I participating in the Southern Water Delivery System and EPCW A mempers have been provided the opportunity to participate in this project. However, the Southern! Water Delivery I System would impose a fee on water providers that would compensate the qity of Colorado I Springs for revenues lost as a result of development occurring outside the : city . Currently, I because of the fees imposed on this project, the only participants in the iSouthern Water I Delivery System within EPCW A are the City of Fountain and Security W at~r and Sanitation District. : , I I I Water Plan for Private Well Owners : I There are almost 22,000 individual residential wells in the County" with apprdximately 19,000 of these wells completed in the Denver Basin aquifers, while approximatel~ 3,000 of these I wells are completed in the eastern portion of the County in the Pier~e Shale and/or Dakota/Cheyenne aquifers. While water use is low in these generally rural ar~as, the aquifers I I I I I , I I E-5