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� T�QUGLAS�QUNTY WAT`EI� RESQLIRCE URITY ARAPAHOE COUNTY WATER AND WASTEWATER AUTHORITY C LE PINES NORTW MET'ROPOLITAN DISTRICT ONWOOD WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT LAS COUNTY INVERNESS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT MERIDIAN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT PARKER WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT ROXBOROUGH PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT WILLOWS WATER DISTRICT November 5, 1999 �E��lVED � Q ��' � ��' 1�� Mr Peter Evans Director, Colorado Water Conservation Board 1313 Sherman Street Denver, CO 80203 �Cel�r.-� �:rsss,.nn:�r�,. _... _ . Subject: Douglas County Water Resource Authority - Update on Status and Request for Grant Monies Dear Mr Evans: � The Douglas County Water Resource Authority (DCWRA) has, by Resolution and negotiation of a Plan of Study, partnered with the Denver Water Board and Colorado River Water Conservation District to develop a greater understanding of how the long term water supply needs of the south Denver metropolitan azea can be met. Development of'a Plan of Study This partnership has matured through a collaborative planning process where elected officials, executive level managers and their staff have identified an approach to developing a better understanding of the preliminary recommendations contained in the Metropolitan Water Supply Investigations. A healthy dialogue between the three parties has identified issues that should be considered in developing a future water supply and the opportunities that could be realized. Those discussions were also extremely helpful in identifying the process by which intergovernmental cooperation could be enhanced and complement the activities of the working groups who are addressing the technical questions identified in the Plan of Study. Through those discussions, a number of :r:�portant planning c::teria for �ach of th.e participants were identified. These included the need to consider the effective and economic development of local water resources available to DCWRA members before renewable supplies would be introduced from other areas such as the South Platte River and ultimately from more remote sources such as transmountain watersheds. Any future integrated water plans would incorporate demand management (conservation, nonpotable reuse, system integration, and optimal use of existing water rights) as well as supply-side alternatives such as additional pumping of the Denver Basin aquifers and renewable supplies. This approach will optimize the use of available groundwater and local resources and allow the managed incorporation of new water supplies into the Front Range communities. The Plan of Study also recognizes that utilities will be expected to pay a threshold cost for local water supplies before a new source of supply from another basin is developed. These important recognitions were made by the partnership as fundamental assumptions if this process was to produce a"win-win" situation for all groups and lead to implementation of recommended approaches. � CASTLE PINES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT CENTENNIAL WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT DONALA WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT EAST CHERRY CREEK VALLEY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT MEADOWS METROPOUTAN DISTRICT NO. 4 NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT PINERY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK 1 OO THIRD STREET. CASTLE ROCK CO 80104 •(303) 660-7400 • Fa,x (303) 68&1 293