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<br />NEW DEVELOPM ENT REUTER-HESS RESERVOIR <br /> <br />P!.mnmg ;lOci permJtlln~ J re~t:rvtJ1r <br />15 no small underlJklf\~ There In' yr:us <br />of t'nglOt'l"nng studies. en\'lronment.11 <br />renews. publtc com men! k~gI51h:al and <br />fundmg chJllen!le~ TI1 compltcatt: mat- <br />ters further. 111la~me if you ,ut' one ~,f tht' <br />bstest growmg countles In the n,llwn <br />relY-lOg totally on nonrenewabll' ground- <br />W3la For (lOt' D\")ugbs County water <br />pronder. it was \lme 10 cohb!e togcthl'f <br />sources of water from eq:ry angle The <br />result WIll he a umque new reSt'r.OH <br />called Reuter-Hess <br />Located Just sT'utheJs[ 01 Denwr. <br />Douglas County encompasses the to\\TIS <br />of Castle Rock. Lukspur. Parker. .md the <br />City of lone Tree Accordmg w an Apnl <br />2004 news relea,;e by the L 5 Census <br />BureJ.u. Douglas Coumy was the third <br />fastest growmg (oum)" In the Lnm'd <br />:-<tates between 2000 and 20Ll3 <br />L:nfortunatel~~ the county also b..:c::s <br />rap1d depletit>n of its pnmar)' ",Jurc.: of <br />water for trmst)' homes and bU5lnesX':s <br />groundwJter ~Iost of county',; munh.:ipal <br />water suppliers rel)' on hIgh-volume wells <br />located In the Dawson, Denver, Arapahoe, <br />,lOd Ll.ram1c-Fox Hills groundwater aqUi- <br />fers. Numerous other homeo\\Tlers have <br /> <br />B) CF\\'E :SlaV <br /> <br />~~ <br />J\ ~Dl.nMtH'-fl.IX <br />/, <br />/4\ <br />~.O~ <br />)-~~~' <br />::; , <br /> <br />pm':!te we stat tap I e same resource <br />The Parker \\'ater J.nci S,mHatll1n <br />D1StrlCl lP\\'Sm has pw\"icled waler <br />III the homes and bu,>mcsscs of Parker <br />and Ihe jurroundmg areas since 19t>2 <br />Lntil now Ll relLed solely on groundwa, <br />tel" sources to ddl\'er PNable w:ltef for <br />mdoor and outd0or use by It5 nWfe than <br />22.l)(lt1cuswmers <br />Reuta-Hess Reserw>lr will be the <br />dlSlTktS Itrsl lor.,)' lOW swnng wJ.k'r <br />abo\-e~round Fr.mk Jat'~er, P\\'SD <br />db!nct manag;:r. sa~'s that plannmg ior <br />Reuter-Hess began In 1985, when P\\'SD"s <br />t'"nglOi.'l."nng consultants pWJel.ted a 3,Ot.ll) <br />.1Cre-!\lol sh..lrtfaJl ba:'>l."d on growth le\"ds <br />projected m the Clt)'S m.1Sler plan <br />InllIally. the dlstm:t 10001ked to stretch <br />ex1sting supplies by emplO)1ng water <br />conservation and reuse methods. and pur- <br />chasmg addmonal undeveloped land so <br /> <br /> <br />that 1t could tap the groundwater beklW <br />It also Impl~mented llernl pnCln~. where <br />custOmers arl' eharged mcrt'asmgly hIgher <br />rates 1M greatl'r le\-ds of water consump- <br />twn Owr lime, the<,c methods re~uh~d m <br />.'1...0 perct'nt redudion 10 rl'~ldenllal water <br />U~. But 11 WJ.~ not enough <br />Imtul studies 1O\'csllgatt'd the <br />feJ~lblllt: III Clmsttuum~ a re~a. <br />VOir to CJ.st!.:wo()d Canyon locHed <br />In Castlc\\'ood CmYlln ~tatt' Park <br />Howt'\'er. unable [0 .H:qUlre the land. <br />the dlSlT1ct had to bllk elsrwhere for <br />a potential dam Sllt' Fmally. 10 1993 <br />PW"D acqUired nght:. 10 purchase tht' <br />almost 2.'500 .l(r(' Reuter-Hess slle locat- <br />ed abm,u three miles. slluthwest of Parhr <br />10 :-\ewl1O Gulch Prehmmary studies <br />began In 1996 tor the gcoIl'chmcal feasl- <br />bili!y Llf the dam Em'uonmentallmrac1 <br />,hscssments ()f the dam .lnd resen-'(llr <br />.HI::a were lnltlJ.lrd the nt'xt year <br />[t \\'as not until blC February 2(\1.. <br />th:11 the LS Anny CNpS of Engmeers <br />appTll\'ed P\\"SD's em'tronmental impact <br />statement, clearmg the way for the dls- <br />!nct 10 begin construction of the 16,200 <br />acre-fOOl Reuter-Hess ReservOir m the fall <br />of thiS rear- Fmal \'oter appro\'al of the <br /> <br /> <br />- <br />- <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br />~- <br /> <br />-... , ~ <br />~...."~-- <br />~-'---~__L-....."j <br />.~ ~~~ <br />~-'---- <br />