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<br />dtstnct;; USt: of W,ltt'r r:1l6 and tJp tees
<br />from nl'W hLlmcs and busmeS:;4.'s to repay
<br />proJect bonds \\-as rt'ce\H:d In \lay
<br />ThIs S Il15 mlllt,m r6er\'l)lf wdl pm---
<br />\1dc termm.ll swrage of rccl.llmed wa:"le.
<br />water. 5tonn rune)ff. Jnd Irngatwn re(Um
<br />110ws "Unlike lradlt10nal reser.Olrs like
<br />Dillon, where water \s captured ffL)m
<br />stream flows ,md run(ll! Reuter-He%
<br />water will comt' from Irngatlon water
<br />returned to the system. from wastewa-
<br />ter lreatment plant emuent. and 5lUrm
<br />runoff that flowo; down Cherry Crt"t'k
<br />and "'ewlm {~llkh," explams Jim :\lkkel.
<br />P\\'SD dl51f1CI engll1("er ..\ 48 mch ra\\".
<br />water Plpehne \\ill transport thIS water W
<br />the res.:r\"(llr
<br />Firsl.lhe resef\"oir \\'111 slOre wastewa.
<br />ter usmg an "exch:mgr" ~ystem whereby
<br />treated effluent from the P\\-SD wastewa-
<br />ter treatment plant IS released Into Cherry
<br />Crel"k Then the water WIll be drawn back
<br />mID the Parker s)'stt"m Ihroug.h shallo\\
<br />wells JIang the creek PWSD (urrentl}'
<br />releJ5t's about t\\,o mtlhon gallons per
<br />day from us wastewater trealmt'nt plant
<br />Accordmg 10 :'>iikkd. two million gallons
<br />is enough to supply the enUre TO\~n of
<br />Parker ....1th domestlc water for one dar
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<br />In .lddiliL1n. th<,~ SJme shalk,w
<br />groundwater wells WIll also mtero.:ept
<br />Imgallon return f1l1WS. In thIS context,
<br />r('tum flow,; gentralh. enter the shannw
<br />~wundw:Her syslt'm as a result 01 wJ.ter-
<br />mg of urban landscape.. ~uch a5 lawns or
<br />~(llf courst's
<br />..\ cert.tm amount f.)f \\-Jtn \nll .1IsL)
<br />be prLl\'lded by diwrs\<"tns from Cherry
<br />Creek HlW.l'\"er. the 19~'5 water n~hh
<br />llwned hy the dhtn<.:t an' S,) JunlClr. they
<br />,Ire avaIlable pnmJrily dunng p\'J.ks In
<br />creek nows pro\1ded by storm C\'l'nts
<br />In addlllCln, In J. prou::ss known ao;
<br />conJUncm'e use, surplus or ~carryover"
<br />wat\'[ stNed m the r\'s.:r\'Olr dunng Llff.
<br />peak months wtll be' m)cctl."d back mw
<br />.1qlllfers to hdp presen'e and tncrea<.e tht'
<br />groundwatCf supply
<br />Although the re5er\"oir ....111 engulf
<br />some 471.1 acres, the project WIll retam
<br />2.000 acres of open space around the res.
<br />en'mr sue. P\\"SD would also hke to open
<br />up the re5erV(lH and surroundmg lands to
<br />recreatlon Howewr, ltlac~ the aUlhonty
<br />to operate recreation programs such as
<br />non-mown::ed boaung or hiking natls,
<br />"No one \fmm stat\' or count}' parks
<br />depanments) has yet approached us about
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<br />the rC":featwnal 0pp~lrtun1l1es for the res.
<br />en'Olr, ~y5 \ikkd 'But when $0meone
<br />de1Cs appm;J<.:h us, wdl be ready to pbn
<br />and add the H'LTeal1lmal compl)nent~
<br />It wlll take -+l) years for P\\'SD to
<br />repay lhl' Colorado Water and POWt.'[
<br />De\-e!Llpment AuthLlnty for the loan w
<br />build Rt"uta.Hes:" "Ikkcl says It WIll be
<br />rq'Jld pnmarily thmugh taxes and up
<br />fees ThIS meal1:" that m order ILl make pay-
<br />ment5. the dl5!nCt needs kl "ell ,,,,.1me 6(\1
<br />taps pa year. .1 le\'el belo\\ or on par \\1th
<br />pre\10U5 tap sales (wer thl' Ltst 15 years
<br />"Growth seems to happen whether
<br />or nO! we arc wala-nch: says :\'ikkel
<br />"Instead of slOppmg the growth, whKh
<br />we canl do, we are bemg pro.KU\'e and
<br />findIng SOIUllOl1S,
<br />C0n51rudlon of the re~r\"Olr IS sched.
<br />uled to begm m the fall of 20(14, and IS
<br />expend to be ready to fill m 2007 But
<br />afler spendm~ 18 years to complete the
<br />Reuter.Hess project. Jaegar and hiS team
<br />ar\' not slowmg dO\\l1 to celebrate
<br />"\\'e Jre always lookmg al whats neXl,
<br />says Jac-gar "We aTe tf}1ng to fmd solu-
<br />liOns 10 how we can get more water. how
<br />we can expand the reservoir, what else we
<br />can do to ensure long-leon suppl}'~ Q
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