Colorado's Water Interests

• File Number: 8200.700
• Description: Colorado River-Colorado River Basin-Colorado River Basin General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: Western Slope
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/1982
• Author: Colorado Forum
• Title: The Upper Colorado River Basin and Colorado's Water Interests
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

CHAPTER VI: METRO DENVER: WATER USAGE AND FUTURE NEEDS ...... 66
The Denver Water Department: Supply and
Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
The DWD's~Future Service Area . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
• CHAPTER VII: TRANSMOUNTAIN DIVERSION AND METRO DENVER ...... . 72
The Blue River . . . . . . . • • • • • • • • • • 72
. The DWB's Claims and Conditional Decrees on
the lJpper Colorado . • • • • • • • •
~ • 74
Fork System . . . . . . .
Expansion of the Williams . 78
The Green Mounta~n Reservoir Agreement . . . . . . . . 81
Metro Denver, the Eagles Nest Wilderness, and
the Eagle/Piney/Colorado River System . . . • • • • 81
EagZes Nest Becomes a WiZderrcess . • • • • • • • 81
Proposed DWB Projects in the Vicinity of the
Eagl es Nest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
The East Gore Range CoZZection 5ystem .•••• • 86
' ~ce EagZe-Piney CoZZection System . • • • • • • • 88
The EagZe-CoZorado CoZZection Sz~stem ..••• • 89
Variations of the Proposed Systems ..•••• • 89
Entry Into Eagles Nest for Water Development .... . 91
The Relationship of Foothills, Two Forks Dam, and
Proposed Projects in the Eagles Nest Area .... . 93
Two Forks Dam and Reservoi r . . . • • • • • • • • • • 94
CHAPTER VIII: CAN METRO DENVER GET THERE THROUGH CONSERVATION
ALONE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Conservation Through Pricing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Water Metering For All Denver Residents ....... 102
Recycling of Water . . . . . 102
Conservation: Will It~Cure Everything That Ails
Us? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
The Foothi 11 s Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
CHAPTER IX: METRO DENVER WATER COOPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
The City Versus Suburb Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
A Metro Water Projects Financing Authority? ..... 112
~ Obstacles to a Metro Denver Water Projects
Fi nanci ng Authori ty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
CHAPTER X: THE WESTERN SLOPE: ITS CONCERNS ABOUT TRANS- . 118
MOUNTAIN DIVERSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .