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Metropolitan Water Supply Investigation Table of Contents <br /> Table of Contents <br /> TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> List of Figures iv <br /> List of Tables iv <br /> List of Appendices v <br /> List of Abbreviations and Acronyms v <br /> EXECUTIVE SUMMARY vii <br /> Cooperative Water Supply Opportunities viii <br /> The Broader Benefits of the Collaborative MWSI Process x <br /> Recommendations xiii <br /> 1. INTRODUCTION 1 <br /> 1.1. Preface 1 <br /> 1.2. Background 2 <br /> 1.3. MWSI Origins and Objectives 3 <br /> 2. MWSI PROCESS 5 <br /> 2.1. Management 5 <br /> 2.2. MWSI Phases 5 <br /> 2.2.1. Phase I Scoping 6 <br /> 2.2.2. Phase II Investigations 8 <br /> 2.2.3. Phase III Investigations 9 <br /> 2.2.4. Phase IV Sub-Regional Studies 12 <br /> 2.3. Coordination with Other Studies/Processes 12 <br /> 3. MWSI RESULTS 15 <br /> 3.1. Basin-Wide Overview 15 <br /> 3.1.1. Water Supply Service Area Regions 15 <br /> 3.1.1.1. Central Service Area Region 15 <br /> 3.1.1.2. North Service Area Region 17 <br /> 3.1.1.3. South Service Area Region 18 <br /> 3.1.2. Water Source Regions 18 <br /> 3.1.2.1. South Platte River Basin 18 <br /> 3.1.2.2. Colorado River Basin 20 <br /> 3.1.2.3. Arkansas River Basin 21 <br /> 3.1.3. Metro Denver Area Water Supply Service Areas 21 <br /> 3.1.4. Water Management Strategies 25 <br /> 3.1.4.1. Native South Platte Supplies 25 <br /> 3.1.4.2. In-Basin Agricultural Transfers 26 <br /> 3.1.4.3. Trans-Basin Imports 26 <br /> 3.1.4.4. Water Reuse 27 <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 />