PUB00053

• Year: 1999
• Title: Metropolitian Water Supply Investigation Final Report
• Author: Hydrosphere Resource Consultants
• Description: Metropolitian Water Supply Investigation Final Report
• Publications - Doc Type: Water Resource Studies

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Metropolitan Water Supply Investigation

MWSI Process

2. MWSI Process

2.1. MANAGEMENT

In October of 1993, Governor Roy Romer issued an Executive Order (Appendix I)
creating the Front Range Water Forwn, comprised primarily of elected officials, water
managers, and community leaders from the Front Range and the West Slope. Forwn
members were asked to nominate representatives to serve on a Technical Advisory
Committee (TAC). The Governor, the Colorado Water Conservation Board and several
key state legislators encouraged the Forwn and the TAC to take leadership roles in the
MWSI. The Forum's role was to consider any public policy issues that might arise from
the investigation, while the TAC was charged with technical oversight and guidance of
the investigations. The T AC consisted primarily of members with expertise in metro
Denver area water supply systems and water issues. The T AC directed the initial scoping
of the investigations, provided technical guidance during the investigations and facilitated
collection of information.

The Governor's Executive Order also directed the Executive Director of the Department
of Natural Resources to appoint a Project Management Team (PMT) consisting of
representatives from state agencies having interest or expertise in the subject matter of the
investigation. The PMT originally included representatives from the Colorado Water
Conservation Board, the Colorado Division of Water Resources, the Colorado Division of
Wildlife, the Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, the Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado Department of
Agriculture. The primary purpose of the PMT was contract administration and
coordination of the State's involvement in the MWSI process. The PMT was later
restructured to include several key T AC members in order to serve as a T AC steering
committee.

Members of the Front Range Water Forum are listed in Appendix 2, Technical Advisory
Committee Members are listed in Appendix 3 and Project Management Team Members
are listed in Appendix 4.

2.2. MWSI PHASES

As originally conceived, the MWSI was to be implemented in four relatively
conventional planning phases designed to define specific obj ectives, gather data, develop
a modeling capability, and evaluate promising water supply options.

I. Scoping (Phase I) - The purpose of this phase was to specifically define
study objectives and work tasks. In addition, the Scoping phase was to
identify data needs, data sources, and the technical issues to be addressed.

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Prepared for the Colorado Water Conservation Board, Colorado Department of Natural Resources by
Hydrosphere Resource Consultants, 1002 Walnut Street, Suite 200, Boulder, CO 80302