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Metropolitan Water Supply Investigation Executive Summary
<br /> THE BROADER BENEFITS OF THE COLLABORATIVE
<br /> MWSI PROCESS
<br /> The MWSI has been both a technical evaluation of cooperative water supply
<br /> opportunities and a continuing process of dialogue, mutual education,joint inquiry, and
<br /> collaboration among over 60 Front Range water providers and representatives of other
<br /> key stakeholders including environmental organizations, agriculture and the West Slope.
<br /> While this diverse group has focused principally on the opportunities and limitations
<br /> associated with the four cooperative water supply categories, participants also developed
<br /> and shared considerable information regarding the future water needs of the metro
<br /> Denver area and individual water providers' plans that are in place for meeting those
<br /> needs.
<br /> This information, summarized in the table and text below by sub-region, provides
<br /> valuable context that enhances understanding of the roles and benefits of the cooperative
<br /> water supply opportunities evaluated through the MWSI.
<br /> Projected Reasonably
<br /> Future Water Basis of Certain Future Future Unmet Applicable Cooperative Supply
<br /> Sub-region Demand,AF Projection Supply,AFI1) Needs,AF(2) Opportunities(3)
<br /> conjunctive use with South sub-region,
<br /> effluent management with Northeast sub-
<br /> Denver Central 14,000 to region,system integration with Northwest
<br /> Sub-region 454,000(4) build-out 410,000 44,000(5) sub-region and Aurora
<br /> conjunctive use with Denver,effluent
<br /> South Metro Sub- management within Cherry and Plum
<br /> region 127,000 build-out 127,000 0 Creek basins
<br /> effluent management with Northeast sub-
<br /> region,coordinated reservoir operations
<br /> City of Aurora 105,000(6) 2030 75,000 30,000(6) with Denver
<br /> system integration and effluent
<br /> management among Denver,Aurora,
<br /> Northeast Metro 61,000 to 25,000 to Brighton,South Adams County WSD,
<br /> Sub-region 125,000 build-out 100,000(7) 64,000(7) Thornton and the Barr Lake companies
<br /> system integration with Denver,effluent
<br /> Northwest Metro management within Clear Creek and Big
<br /> Sub-region 100,000 build-out 90,000 10,000 Dry Creek basins
<br /> 763,000 to 79,000 to
<br /> Total 911,000 802,000 148,000
<br /> (1)Based on their planning efforts to date,water providers have a relatively high degree of confidence in these supplies.
<br /> (2)Providers have a relatively lower degree of confidence in their plans to meet these needs,based on uncertainty
<br /> factors and the comparatively longer time frames before these supplies would be needed.
<br /> (3)Cooperative supply opportunities could be used to meet future unmet needs or as an alternative
<br /> to reasonably certain future supplies.
<br /> (4)Includes Denver Water and Englewood;includes Denver Water's 30,000 AF safety factor.
<br /> (5)Based on the expected range of Denver Water's future safety factor.
<br /> (6)Includes Aurora's 10,000 AF planning reserve.
<br /> (7)Depending on the degree of implementation of Thornton's Northern Project.
<br /> The table illustrates that most Denver area water providers have planned for the future
<br /> very well and currently have strategies in place to meet projected water needs to the year
<br /> 2030 and in some cases considerably beyond that date. As described further below, the
<br /> cooperative water supply opportunities evaluated in the MWSI could supplement or
<br /> partially replace the plans individual water providers already have in place.
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<br /> Prepared for the Colorado Water Conservation Board,Colorado Department of Natural Resources by
<br /> Hydrosphere Resource Consultants,1002 Walnut Street,Suite 200,Boulder,CO 80302
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