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<br /> <br />-- ::-.-r-"':"- <br />-... Ii<~<;.,', <br />;r,"!lb.~..',~.t, <br />- -=--\: <br /> <br />,"'. <br /> <br />:wr.~ <br /> <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />"" <br /> <br />",,,,,,,,,,,,- <br />"'1I!l <br /> <br />DENVER <br />BASIN T <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />'f do'""'" ~. <br /> <br />~~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ '.L~~'ii' <br />"9~ <br /> <br />". <br /> <br />!P.,-4 ~~l <br /> <br />EXPLANATION <br /> <br /> <br />r----l 0.-, BUIn <br />'---.J _" <br />Woobol*X>ft:llllDWR <br />. poonniId8018b.aM <br /> <br />\!l <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />SCALE 1;1,250,000 <br /> <br />aquift'fS of the Denvl::T Basin. This is almosl a thrct'-fold <br />increase in wells pcnt'tr;lIing tht' Ot"nveT Sa"in aquifers <br />since 1985. The distrihution of the~ wells b shown in Fig- <br />ure 4. Total curn:n! withorawab for the Denver Basin art' <br />not available. Available county inforrnation inuil,:ates that in <br />1995 nearly 445,()(X) ilLTe-ft of groundwater was withdr-awn <br />in Adams. Ar:.lpahoc::. Denver, Doughs. and EI~rt coumie.s, <br />which lie almost entirely in the Basin (Solley t:t al., 191)8). <br />TIle count}' withurnwal volume.... do not di."tin~ui.sh <br />hctwt't.'n allm'ial wells and tht: oet'pcr aquifers and. then:-- <br />forc, cannot t~ (:ompar~d din;"ctly [0 the 19R.:; \'olumes <br />cited aoo\'e. ~e\'erthdess. the sheer ,o;ize of tlK' annual <br />withdra\\'al \'olume appears to indICate a si,l!:nificlnt <br /> <br />AQUfDiS OF mE DE.\"I1J( 8.~SJ.\'. COlO/I.1IXJ <br /> <br />". <br /> <br />FigUft'4. Denver Basin <br />water well distribution <br />map. <br /> <br />M 0 A G A. ". <br /> <br />./ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />o <br />- <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />"I~ <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />~j c 0 I. rot <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />___...~oo.-",_ <br />_~,.......u.___ <br />'OO_~E__-. <br />..ua~_ <br /> <br />~"- <br /> <br />accdemtion in ,l!:rOUndw;ller withdrJwal from the Denver <br />Basin aquifer,... ht;'tween 1985 and 199.:;. <br /> <br />REFERE."""CES <br /> <br />Cr(),,~, c\:r_, f-".F Chi,stlOlm. It ChaU\l'nel, ;lnd 1'.1{ Van Di\;"~l. <br />1$1. The anesian wells of l>enV\.'r: ColorJuo Scit.milk Soci- <br />ety. I'roCl'edinfts. v.1. p.76-1OX. <br />/)cnH'r ....tw't..urn of \iature and Soence. 1999. l"knver Ihsin ~l-O-- <br />lo~jc m;lp: Iknver ....lw;j:um of ~a[lIl":' and Scknn.'. <br /><hllr:IIWV.V.'_dnms_or~/dl"n\'erhasin/cmJll.dn')(khlrnl> <br />/\ccc,,-st..d .'larch 27. 2002_ <br /> <br />1'51 <br /> <br />Thc R(),:ky \1'lIlnta'n ....~"-...."'h"n 01 Gl..,loR"-.I.~ <br />