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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 />JCHA <br /> <br />Rueter-Hess Reservoir Proiect Description <br /> <br />March 1999 <br /> <br />pipelines are described below as the points of diversion for the water rights adjudicated on <br />Cherry Creek. <br /> <br />HISTORICAL RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES <br /> <br />In 1985, John C. Halepaska and Associates, Inc. (JCHA), as the hydrologic consultant to the <br />District, prepared a report which showed that the District would face a 3,000 ac-ft shortfall <br />at ultimate development based on the then-current District master plan, and the District's then- <br />adjudicated water rights. That report set in motion a series of studies which has resulted in the <br />development of Rueter-Hess Reservoir. <br /> <br />To evaluate how the District could overcome its water supply shortfall, JCHA did a <br />subsequent study on various water supply alternatives. One of these alternatives was to build <br />an upstream storage vessel on Cherry Creek that would capture in-priority Cherry Creek <br />flows. This study identified three potential reservoir sites that could provide an average <br />annual yield between 2,100 and 2,800 ac-ft/yr. <br /> <br />Once the District identified these three potential upstream reservoir sites, the District. filed for <br />water storage rights in Division 1 Water Court in Case No. 85CW448. This case sought the <br />right to store water in any of the sites identified in the JCHA 1985 study. <br /> <br />Given the potential yields from upstream reservoirs on Cherry Creek, the District pursued <br />additional studies of these reservoir sites through the Colorado Water Resources and Power <br />Development Authority (Authority). This project was funded by the Authority, and Morrison- <br />Knudsen Engineers conducted studies related to the economic and technical viability of <br />upstream reservoirs on Cherry Creek, as well as other imported water supply options. This <br />study was completed in 1987, and the site of the former Castlewood Canyon dam was the <br />recommended alternative for an upstream Cherry Creek on-stream reservoir. <br /> <br />Based on the results of the Authority's study, as well as subsequent studies by the District, it <br />was determined by the District that the Castlewood Canyon site was the most favorable <br /> <br />5611i.rpt <br /> <br />-4- <br />