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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I JCHA Rueter-Hess Reservoir Proiect Description March 1999 (2) Proximity to the South Platte River and Denver Water Department's Strontia Springs Reservoir for a potential regional project. (3) Fewer permitting issues, due to the off-stream nature of this reservoir. (4) Proximity to the District's treatment plants, which facilitates the pumping of A WT effluent into Rueter-Hess Reservoir. (5) Proximity to the District's Denver Basin well fields, which aHows the District to implement a conjunctive use plan. (6) Regional support for this reservoir site, as evidenced by its recognition in the Front Range Water Forum final report. Based on actions the District has taken since 1985, the originally-estimated 3,000 ac-ft shortfall that the District would face in the future at ultimate development has been relieved due to the purchase of additional lands where there would be no water demand associated with the ground water beneath these undeveloped parcels. In addition, with the proposed development of Rueter-Hess Dam and Reservoir, the District is moving toward its objective of providing the District with renewable water supplies to lessen the demands on the Denver Basin aquifers. These renewable water supplies are initially being developed with in-basin Cherry Creek and Newlin Gulch water and, ultimately, may include trans-basin water supplies. PRELIMINARY WORK COMPLETED AT RUETER-HESS The first step in the development of Rueter-Hess Dam and Reservoir was to obtain a Division 1 Water Court decree which allows the storage of water in this proposed facmty. The District has completed this task in Case No. 85CW448. In the decree in Case No. 85CW448, the District is allowed to divert water from Cherry Creek from two separate aqueducts. Aqueduct No.1 is envisioned to be a manifolded pipeline from Cherry Creek alluvial wells at a design 5611i.rpt -6-