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

were established to develop scopes of work, coordinate information gathering efforts, and
oversee the consulting team's efforts in each of these areas. Later in the process, a fifth
work group was established to oversee efforts related to the possible use of Chatfield
Reservoir for water supply storage purposes. Members of each work group are listed in
Appendix 5,

These conceptual water supply categories are described as follows:

. Conjunctive Use - This category is defined to include arrangements which would
achieve coordinated use of the metro Denver region's surface systems and
groundwater systems in a manner that would allow more efficient use of each
resource than could be attained by separate and independent use.

. Effluent Management - This category focuses on ways to increase regional water
supplies through reuse and exchanges of reusable effluent in a manner that would
be compatible with the water quality management plans of the Metro Wastewater
Reclamation District and others.

. Interruptible Supply Arrangements - This category involves ways to achieve
voluntary short-term transfers of water supplies, such as those associated with
agricultural, industrial, and instream flow water rights, to meet municipal needs in
times of shortage, without permanent reallocation of water uses.

. Other Systems Integration Ideas- This was originally designed as a "catch-all"
category to allow for ongoing brainstorming efforts by the T AC and exploration of
promising ideas that might emerge from discussions regarding the first three
categories. Work within this category included developing information, maps and
tools to facilitate discussions and brainstorming sessions regarding possible
linkage of water supply and distribution systems so as to more fully utilize regional
water supplies. Part of this effort was to assist the consulting team in coordinating
the efforts of the other work groups and in identifying areas of overlap.

In order to enhance the level of trust and working relationships between its members, the
TAC informally agreed to discussion ground rules as summarized below.

. Members would seek to identify and involve all interested stakeholders;

. Members would identify and communicate issues and concerns as early in the
process as possible;

. Agreement to study certain options would not commit anyone to implementation
of such options;

. Public representation of any T AC position would not be permitted without review
and approval of the entire group;

. Work products would be drafted by small groups followed by review and comment
by the entire group;

. Opinions expressed by TAC members would be considered as individual opinions,
not for attribution, and not assumed to be the position of any agency unless
expressly identified as such;

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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