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

Metropolitan Water Supply Investigation

MWSI Results

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respective service areas. The future water supply plans of metro Denver area providers
are briefly summarized by sub-region in the following sections.

o Long Term
. New Supply
. Cooperative Actions
I!I Non-Potable Reuse
o System Refinements
. Conservation

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3.1.6.1.

Denver Central Sub-Region

Denver Water estimates that the firm annual yield of its existing system is about 345,000
acre-feet Through its Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) process, Denver Water has
developed a Near-Term resource strategy which will employ a combination of 66,000
acre-feet of water conservation, minor system refinements nonpotable reuse, cooperative
actions with others and new supply development to meet its projected needs through the
year 2030 to 2040, depending on the size of Denver's safety factor, Denver's Near-Term
Strategy is shown in Figure 4 below.

Figure 4: Denver Water's Near-Term Strategy

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Denver has not yet decided on its long-term options, although it has identified additional
water conservation, potable reuse, conjunctive use and new supply development as
options.

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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