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Metropolitan Water Supply Investigation Executive Summary <br /> The Northwest Metro Sub-region includes Arvada, Broomfield, the Consolidated <br /> Mutual Water Company, Golden,Northglenn, Westminster and other small providers in <br /> the Clear Creek basin. The water supply sources currently available to this sub-region <br /> consist primarily of Clear Creek municipal rights and changed irrigation rights and partial <br /> service contracts with Denver Water, which are mostly satisfied via deliveries from the <br /> Moffat Tunnel Collection System. <br /> The long-term water demands for this sub-region are projected to be about 100,000 acre- <br /> feet per year. Most of the sub-region's projected increase in water demand is associated <br /> with anticipated growth in Arvada and Broomfield. Providers in this sub-region have <br /> plans in place to meet about 90,000 acre-feet of this need. Cooperative planning efforts _ <br /> for meeting the remaining 10,000 acre-feet of need in this sub-region are focused upon <br /> coordinated use and sharing of existing or new storage and conveyance facilities and <br /> expanded reuse. <br /> Within each of these sub-regions, cooperative water supply approaches could play an <br /> important role in meeting future water supply needs in a manner that could potentially <br /> reduce the costs and environmental permitting risks associated with other options. <br /> RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> 1. It is recommended that a continuing state-sponsored cooperative supply planning <br /> forum be established. <br /> The MWSI has improved communication, mutual understanding and cooperation <br /> between metro Denver area water providers, West Slope interests and environmental <br /> interests. Is has resulted in several ongoing collaborative studies which are designed to <br /> increase water supplies in mutually acceptable ways. It has also had a major effect upon <br /> other ongoing planning efforts addressing issues of critical importance to the metro <br /> Denver area's water supplies. These include: <br /> • Quadrant investigations of various cooperative water supply opportunities <br /> • The Platte River Cooperative Agreement and EIS process <br /> • The Upper Colorado River Basin Study <br /> • The Colorado River Endangered Fish Species Water Availability Study <br /> • The Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Feasibility Study <br /> • The USFS's South Platte Wild & Scenic Study and associated negotiations. <br /> • The Northern Regional Water Coalition's investigation of long-term future M&I <br /> water needs of the Northern Front Range <br /> These studies and planning efforts are proceeding independently, but are highly <br /> interrelated and deal with complex issues that affect numerous parties. It is therefore <br /> recommended that a continuing state-sponsored forum be established to serve the <br /> following functions: <br /> xiii <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 <br />