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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />, I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />'I <br />I <br /> <br />GLOSSARY (Continued) <br /> <br />conjunctive use: The combined maximum beneficial use of surface water and ground water <br />supplies by integrating the use of both systems, e.g" deep well injection of surface water <br />supplies. <br /> <br />dam: A structure that is emplaced to impede, and impound, water. <br /> <br />dam axis: The centerline of the dam. <br /> <br />decant: To draw off the clear water above potentially more turbid water. <br /> <br />Denver Basin: A group of geologic formations which underlie a 6,700 square-mile area along <br />the Front Range of Colorado and is comprised of four principal aquifers, the Dawson, Denver, <br />Arapahoe, and Laramie-Fox Hills. This aquifer system provides municipal water supplies for <br />many entities along the Front Range. <br /> <br />effluent: The product water from the advanced wastewater treatment process. <br /> <br />effluent storage: The storage of A WT effluent in the reservoir. <br /> <br />in-basin supplies: Water supplies that originate within the Cherry Creek Basin, e.g., surface <br />runoff from storm events. <br /> <br />in-priority: A legal term in the Colorado Appropriations System that denotes a time when <br />water can legally be taken from a river by an existing water right. Conversely, out-of-priority <br />is used to denote the time when water cannot legally be taken from a river by an existing water <br />right (without augmentation). <br /> <br />manifolded pipeline: Several pipelines, each coming from individual wells, that unite into one <br />pipeline which then delivers water to the reservoir. <br /> <br />B-2 <br />