Water News: Southeastern Colorado Water District Volume 1 Issue 10

• Description: Water News: Southeastern Colorado Water District Volume 1 Issue 10
• State: CO
• Date: 7/30/2000
• Title: Water News: Southeastern Colorado Water District Volume 1 Issue 10
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

.(WATER NEWS],
News and Notes from the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 10
New District Office Building
and Xeriscape Garden is
Dedicated and Open for
Business
Local folks from throughout
southeastern Colorado and dignitaries
in the "water business," joined the
Southeastern District Board of
Directors and staff in the dedication of
the District's new office building and
the Southeastern Colorado Xeriscape/
water conservation Demonstration
Garden.
From left to right: Lola Spradley, State
Representative; Gigi Dennis, State Senator; Ken
West, Houston Construction; Jim Gardner, HGF
Architects; Philip Saletta, Colorado Springs
Utilities,; Corrine Kolher, Pueblo City Council;
Julie Scaplo, Board of Water Works of Pueblo;
Ralph Adkins, President of the Board of
Directors SECWCD; Rod Slyhoff, Pueblo
Chamber of Commerce; Steve Arveschoug,
General Manager SECWCD; Joyce Lawrence,
State Representative,
JUNE 30, 2000
PREFERRED STORAGE
OPTIONS) PLAN -FINAL DRAFT
IS RELEASED FOR
PUBLIC REVIEW
The public has been and will be summarized Enterprise's Storage Study
asked to review and and submitted to the Committee. The Storage
comment on the final draft District /Enterprise Study Committee is made
of the "Preferred Storage Board of Directors at up of water-user
Option(s) Plan (PSOP)," the July 20th District organizations from within
which calls for the re- Board meeting. You the District's service area,
operation of the Fry -Ark can call or write the environmental and
Project reservoirs and the District and request a recreation organizations,
enlargement of Pueblo copy of the final draft and state and federal water
Reservoir and Turquoise report- Southeastern resource agency
Reservoir in an effort to Colorado Water representatives.
address water storage Conservancy District, A copy of the
demand into the year 2040. 31717 United Avenue, Executive Summary of the
The PSOP was released for Pueblo, CO 81001; report is available on the
public review June 9th and (719) 948 -2400. District's web site: www.
has been the subject of The Preferred secwcd.org. Please call
public meetings throughout Storage Option(s) Plan Steve Arveschoug or Tom
the nine - county service area was developed by the Simpson for more
of the District - Pueblo, June Southeastern District's information -(719) 948-
15th; Salida, June 19th; and Water and Storage 2400.
La Junta, June 20th. Needs Assessment Written by: Steve Arveschoug,
Written p u b l i c Enterprise under the SECWCD, General Manager
comments are due July 10th direction of the
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFERRED STORAGE OPTION(S) PLAN FINAL DRAFT IS RELEASED FOR PUBLIC 1
REVIEW NEW DISTRICT OFFICE BUILDING AND XERISCAPE GARDEN IS
DEDICATED AND OPEN FOR BUSINESS
MAINTENANCE OF THE XERISCAPE /WATER CONSERVATION GARDEN DISTRICT 2
OPENS 1966 TIME- CAPSULE
FRY -ARK PROJECT WATER ALLOCATIONS SPRING RUNOFF 2000-WHERE WAS 3
THE PEAK?
FIELD DAY TO .DEMONSTRATE USING POLYMERS TO REDUCE SEEPAGE 4
DISTRICT HIRES A NEW STAFF MEMBER
BOARD MEMBER SPOTLIGHT RALPH ADKINS 5