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<br />-!I <br /> <br />. 8 , <br />. <br /> <br />There has been :informal discussion of jo:int f:inanc:ing of a major dam and <br />reservoir - probably :in the 200,000- to 300,000-acre-feet range - by the <br />Colorado River Water Conservation District, the Denver Board of Water <br />Commissioners and possibly other Eastern Slope water supply entities. <br /> <br />While the possibility of locat:ing a major reservoir high enough to allow <br />water to go :into Dillon Reservoir and then the Roberts Tunnel ltas been dis- <br />cussed, and still is an open option, two other proposals seem more <br />politically feasible: <br /> <br />e The Una Reservoir, with a damsite four miles east of DeBeque on the <br />Colorado River. It would provide municipal, :industrial and irrigation <br />water to the Grand Valley and nearby communities. But it also could serve <br />as a storage reservoir for the Denver Board of Water Commissioners :in a <br />scenario :in which: (1) water from the Eagles Nest Wilderness Area would <br />flow by gravity :into Dillon Reservoir; (2) Denver's needs for more avail- <br />able reservoir storage would be met by construction of Two Forks; and <br />(3) Una would be used as a compensat:ing reservoir to avoid drawdown of <br />Dillon Reservoir and Green Mounta:in Reservoir by Western Slope downstream <br />calls. In other words, Una would permit better management of Dillon <br />Reservoir and :increase potential diversions through the Roberts Tunnel <br />- providing Two Forks or an alternative also is built. <br /> <br />. Edwards Reservoir, with a damsite located two miles west of the town <br />of Edwards on, the Eagle River. This, too, could serve as a compensat:ing <br />reservoir, although it :involves a tributary to the Colorado River. A <br />jo:int venture on Edwards also might; :include the town of Vail and other <br />Eagle County communities. <br /> <br />Several other potential damsites have been studied and should be consid- <br />ered. <br /> <br />Action Agenda Recormnendation: Encourage a frank discussion of all parties <br />which are or might be :interested :in large jo:int venture dams and reservoirs. <br />Consider f:inancing Denver's share through the aforementioned suburban raw <br />water supply entity. <br />