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

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................................... i

List of Figures........ .............. ........................................................................................ .... ..... iv

List of Tables..... .............................. ........................................ .............................................. iv

List of Appendices............... ..... ................................... .... ................................................... .... v

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms ..................................................................................... v

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................... vii

Cooperative Water Supply Opportunities ........................................................................... viii
The Broader Benefits of the Collaborative MWSI Process.................................................... x

Recommendations ............ ...................... ................................ ........ .............. .......... ............. xiii

1. INTRODUCTION...................................,............................................................................ 1

1.1. Preface ............................................................................................................................ I

1.2. Background................ .... .......... ............. ..... .................................... ................................. 2

1.3. MWSI Origins and Objectives ....................................................................................... 3

2. MWSI PROCESS....................................,............................................................................ 5

2.1. Management .........................................................................................................:......... 5

2.2. MWSI Phases .................................................................................................................5
2.2.1. Phase I Scoping ......................................................................................................6
2.2.2. Phase II Investigations............................................................................................ 8
2.2.3. Phase III Investigations .......................................................................................... 9
2.2.4. Phase IV Sub-Regional Studies............................................................................ 12

2.3. Coordination with Other Studies / Processes ............................................................... 12

3. MWSI RESUL TS............................................................................................................... 15

3.1. Basin-Wide Overview ..................................................................................................15
3.1.1. Water Supply Service Area Regions .................................................................... 15
3.1.1.1. Central Service Area Region ......................................................................... 15
3.1.1.2. North Service Area Region............................................................................ 17
3.1.1.3. South Service Area Region............................................................................ 18
3.1.2. Water Source Regions .......................................................................................... 18
3.1.2.1. South Platte River Basin................................................................................ 18
3.1.2.2. Colorado River Basin ....................................................................................20
3.1.2.3. Arkansas River Basin .................................................................................... 21
3.1.3. Metro Denver Area Water Supply Service Areas................................................. 21
3.1.4. Water Management Strategies..............................................................................25
3.1.4.1. Native South Platte Supplies ......................................................................... 25
3.1.4.2. In-Basin Agricultural Transfers ..................................................................... 26
3.1.4.3. Trans-Basin Imports ...................................................................................... 26

3.1.4.4. Water Reuse................................................................................................... 27

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