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The Pueblo Chieftain Online - Wednesday May 8th, 2002 Page 2 of 4 <br /> Pueblo Zoo users, and would authorize feasibility studies 7.arn <br /> on enlarging Pueblo and Turquoise improveinants <br /> SPECIAL INSERTS: <br /> reservoirs. A controversial section would w <br /> Active Years <br /> Summerfest permit long -term storage contracts with Portia <br /> Winterfest Aurora, a city which is not in the <br /> S Rep <br /> Guidebook Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy <br /> Generation x -tra District. For several years, the Bureau of t= <br /> Romance Special <br /> Spring Home & garden Reclamation has issued annual storage kil.''tg. <br /> contracts to Aurora over the conservancy <br /> FOCUS ON YOUTH: district's objection. <br /> Newspapers in .n <br /> Education <br /> Headbone Zone Pueblo's kayak course was a relative <br /> Classroom Chieftain <br /> School District 60 l , an addition to the Arkansas River <br /> School District 70 Legacy project planned by the U.S. Army <br /> Pueblo Library District Corps of Engineers. To accommodate the <br /> course, the city has asked for a guaranteed <br /> minimum flow of 100 cubic feet per second <br /> from Nov. 15 to March 15, and 500 cfs in the <br /> summer, with gradual increases in the spring <br /> and decreases in the fall. In its current <br /> proposal it also includes a "dry year" <br /> exception. <br /> The city has been negotiating with the <br /> Southeastern district and its storage <br /> participants, notably Colorado Springs <br /> Utilities, since January, and the city also has <br /> filed in water court for a recreation in- channel <br /> diversion. <br /> But as positions have become more <br /> entrenched, Evett said, "People on council <br /> and other people are starting to ask <br /> questions about the broader issue. This is <br /> about the future of the Arkansas Valley." <br /> The "broader issue" is the threat of continued <br /> reduction of the river flow through Pueblo <br /> and downstream, especially the water that <br /> Aurora takes out of the river basin, he said. <br /> But proponents of the legislation believe <br /> Aurora's inclusion is a critical piece of the <br /> political puzzle. <br /> Tom Florczak, an assistant city attorney <br /> working on the flow issue, said: "The amount <br /> Aurora is taking out isn't the end of the world. <br /> If we leave that in (the bill) and Aurora <br /> agrees not to transfer any more water out of <br /> http : / /www.chieftain.com/wednesday /news /index/article /1 5/8/02 <br />