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<br />Final Draft - Preferred Storage Options Plan <br />Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District <br />June 8, 2000 <br /> <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br /> <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND............................... 1-1 <br />1.1 Scope of the Planning Effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I-I <br />1.2 Description of the Planning Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I-I <br />1.2.1 SECWCD/AssessmentEnterprise........................... 1-2 <br />1.2.2 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) ........................ 1-3 <br />1.2.3 Role of the Storage Study Committee (SSC) .................. 1-4 <br />1.2.4 Consulting Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1-7 <br />1.2.5 Study Phases I and 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1-8 <br />1.3 Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1-8 <br /> <br />2.0 PROJECT PURPOSE AND NEED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 <br /> <br />2.1 Overview..... ............................................... 2-1 <br />2.2 Forecast Water Demands ...,................................... 2-3 <br />2.2.1 Municipal and Industrial Water Demand ..................... 2-3 <br />2.2.2 Agricultural Water Demand ............................... 2-7 <br />2.3 Ability of the Fry-Ark Project to Meet Future Water Demands. . . . . . . . . . 2-8 <br />2.4 Storage Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 <br />2.5 Consequences of Not Implementing the Preferred Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 <br /> <br />3.0 FORMULATION OF ALTERNATIVE PLANS ..........................3-1 <br />3.1 Water Management and Development Options ...................... 3-1 <br />3.2 Phase 1 Study Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 <br />3.3 Description of Storage Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 <br />3.3.1 Description of Fry-Ark Project Re-operations ................. 3-2 <br />3.3.1.\ Overview of the Re-operation Concept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 <br />3.3.1.2 Verification of Re-operation Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 <br />3.3.1.3 Potential Allocation of Re-operation Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 <br />3.3.1.4 Policy/Institutional Issues Associated With Re-operation . . . 3-4 <br />3.3.2 Other Non-Structural Measures ............................ 3-9 <br />3.3.3 Enlargement of Storage at Existing Reservoirs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9 <br />3.3.3.1 Project Reservoirs ................................. 3-9 <br />3.3.4 Enlargement of Non-Project Reservoir (Lake Meredith) ........ 3- \3 <br />3.3.4.1 Environmental and Permitting Issues ................. 3-\3 <br /> <br />a> GEl Consultants, Inc. <br /> <br />x <br /> <br />J \PROJECTS\9906J\RepoI1S\Prcferred SOP Final wpd <br />