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Key structures in the South Platte River Basin of the City of Aurora's System are as follows <br />(progressing in downstream manner): <br />1) South Park Gages used in quantifiation and administration of changed water rights. <br />2) Homestake Pipeline (see Figure 1) through which water from the Colorado and Arkansas <br />River Basins is imported into the South Platte River above Spinney Mountain Reservoir. <br />3) Spinney Mountain (Mtn) Reservoir. <br />4) Aurora Intake at Strontia Springs Reservoir. <br />5) Aurora Wells. <br />6) Aurora Reservoir. <br />The infrastructure listed above is used in the conveyance and storage of water supplies attributed <br />to a large number of water rights in the South Platte, Arkansas and Colorado River Basins. <br />Aurora's South Platte water supplies rely heavily on changed water rights historically used in <br />South Park. These changed water rights and other water rights in the South Platte Basin are <br />described in more detail in the Water Rights section of this memo. Aurora's infrastructure in the <br />South Platte Basin for the storage and conveyance of its water resources are discussed in more <br />detail below. <br />The location of Aurora's key structures and other major components of its water resources <br />system in the South Platte Basin are shown in Figure 1. The general locations of some of the <br />major water right changes used by Aurora are also highlighted in Figure 1. <br />3 of 29 <br />