C150069 Benefits & Potential Roles Report

• Contract/PO #: C150069
• Contractor Name: Colorado State University
• Contract Type: MOU
• Water District: 0
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Report

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It is lrue that somc traditional agricultural water suppliers will not be suited to providing
secondary water service. Howcver. many of thesl' traditional entities arc indicating. interest in evolving in
this dire'lion. In I:lricf, sel.:Olldaf)- water systems as Ih,,') arc envi..iol1ed ill lhis study aprear to represl'nt a
"pareto oplimum" opportunit) for ;111 sta~ehollil'r!i,?

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Figure 4 - Typical Canal Company in Northeast Colorado
Urban Corridor Area

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rhe study has taken many sources of information into account. including stale, municipal.
agricultural waler supplier and public/consumer inlcr..iews and publications. and out-of.stale contacts.
Devclop,,'n; havc been interviewed and wnsu1!,,'d, Four mutual irrigation colllpani,,'s particip;lIed in the
study,l All t(mr <Ire considering providing pressuri/cd sec(mdar) water <;,,'nice in th,,'ir tmditional
cstab]bhed senice areas. Two rural domestic water districts. a niter plant. anJ t\\(I wn...ervancy dbtrkts
helped fund lhe study.~ In addition. several olher rural domcstic water supplicrs werc intervic\\ed
regarding their viewpoints 011 having traditional agricullUral \\ater supplil'rs providc secundaf) \\ater
scrvice.~ Evel)onc was queried 10 assess h(l\\ future pressurized sccond;lf) water supp]) in the region
might aITe,' their 0\\0 future water supply and transmission nceds as well as pOlenlially hcnditing their
e,bling custOllll'rs. The net resull of thc queril"s. the discussion. and the rcsultant "discmcf) prm'ess" has
hcen this report.

The Value of Dual Svsterns

There is a growing recognition that although thc e'pansion of dual waler systcms is (Inly (Jnc of
many possible solutions to thc slalc's growing walcr demands in urban gnmth areas. it may be a I,'fudal
onc. One of its stn:ngths is that. as a waler lllanagelTll,'nl strall,'gy. dual systems lIlay inJir,,"lly scne both

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