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<br />'.. <br /> <br />'.. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />I .) <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />. <br />tAIl''''E",f <br /> <br />. 0 <br /> <br />~ <br />-- <br /> <br />"0.:;.0..'(:; <br /> <br />~,~ >1 Q <br /> <br />. <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />w <br /> <br />l81 <br /> <br />.".~ <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br />- <br />- <br /> <br />EXPLANATION <br />CPlIeRod<C0n9__OenYe<Fonnat>oo <br /> <br />,- <br /> <br />0.... ,~ <br /> <br />ArepohOeFom.llOI'! <br /> <br />howen;"T, as wdb afe mechanically in<.'apahll' of compkldy <br />draining an aquifer and economic con"itlcrations (COSI~ of <br />pumping) will limit actual n:con.'rabll' amounts. <br />In 1987 and 1988 a deep test WI,;]] was drillt'd in Clstle <br />Pines. and in 1999 a similar wdl was drilk.J near the town <br />of Kiowa. 1l1t:".'>C wdL.. wefe drilk-'d hy public J).:l'ncies to <br />funher the existing knowk-ugl' of lhe I-tl.:'O]O~Y ;Ind hydroge- <br />ology of the Denwr ~bsin ;H.\uifcr sptem. Both wdb \vcre <br />conlintlou.sly COft'J throughout the aquifer '-t"qlll'nn~. <br />Aquifer propcrtit:,., ;l"{.'l"r1;Jined from tht. Ca:--tlc Pines ~lnd <br />Kiowa COfe hole;; "ug,gest that the ;lqUlfers 3re very helero- <br />~eneou.s and vary .sl).:nlfic.antly with dhlann' from the';ollrl-l' <br />art'".l of the .'<'dirnt:nt~ compri_~in~ the Jquifcr. TIlt' new con:: <br />hole data suggest" that Ult" quantity of rL'CO\"l'f:lhle W.lter <br /> <br />AQI1f"f:JIS or 71/E DE.Y\U: B.~SI\'. COWR.-uxJ <br /> <br />Figure 2. Bedrock geolog\' oi the Demer Basin. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />I' <br /> <br />~' <br /> <br />w <br /> <br />.. c 0 L OJ <br /> <br />"'-,~ <br />Fo'HoIIs~one <br />......- <br /> <br />M,odiiied irom DenvPf Mu\Cum oi Nalu.l' <br />.lnd5ciI'JlCI'.1999 <br /> <br />stored within the DenYl'r [h~in may Ix' one-third lcs..~ Ihan <br />pre\-iou.~ly estimatt.-d hy ~enate Bill '1 (T:ihlt: 2). <br /> <br />GROUNDWATER \llnmRAWALS <br /> <br />GruundwJler wilhdr.m:ab within dlt: Denyer B:lsin <br />aquifers hast' ;J tonK hi~lory. Thl' l~SG" rl'fXlrted Ihat dUnn~ <br />1911'), lot:d wilhdr.1\\"al~ from dlt' fkll\er &1'10 aquifers were <br />56.(00 acre.ft from :lpproxinutdy 12.()OO wdb (Roh~on :mu <br />B:lnta, 199-=)1. During th;lt year. <;5% of [he water was U'>t'tl <br />for public .;upply :md 5-t% wa.~ USl'"d for a~rinJltllre. <br />..b or Fehruary 2001. approxirnatdy 55.700 wdb of <br />renml h:1W IX"l'n completed in thl' '>l.:'dUlIcm:ll)-' rock <br /> <br />h9 <br /> <br />The Il'K'h .\l"untJIrl ..h""'JJlion ofG<-'"lo~i,t' <br />