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<br />I""Rl:It:. tL:l <br /> <br />EL PASO COUNTY <br />'~ OFFICE OF THE BOARD <br />OF <br />~UNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />27 EAST YERMUO AVENUE <br />OLORADO SPR.INGS. COLORADO 80903.2201 <br />(719) 520-6444 . Fill; (719) 520.6397 <br />Web Add_: www.elplsOOO.oom <br /> <br /> <br /><;9MMISSIONERS <br /> <br />Dwtcan Bremer <br />Tom Huffman <br />Chuck Brown <br />Jon Howells <br />Eel Jones <br /> <br />Distric:t I <br />District 2 (Chainnan) <br />District 3 (Vice Chairman) <br />District 4 <br />District 5 <br /> <br />March 14, 2002 <br /> <br />The Honorable Joel Hefley <br />U,S, House of Representatives <br />2230 Rayburn House Office Bldg, <br />Washington, D.C. 20515 <br /> <br />The Honorable Bob Schaffer <br />U.S, House of Representatives <br />212 Cannon House Office Bldg. <br />Washington,D,C, 20515 <br /> <br />The Honorable Scott Mcinnis <br />U.S. House of Representatives <br />215 Cannon House Office Bldg. <br />Washington, D.C, 20515 <br /> <br />The Honorable Tom Tancredo <br />U.S. House of Representatives <br />1123 Longworth House Office Bldg. <br />Washington, D,C. 20515 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br /> <br />Subject: Inclusion of Aspinall Unit Pool and Central Colorado Project (CCP) alternatives <br />in your H,R, 3881 Studies Bill to enlarge Pueblo and TurqUOise Reservoirs <br /> <br />Gentlemen: <br /> <br />The EI Paso County Board of Commissioners wholeheartedly agrees with our Water <br />Authority's March 13, 2002 request for inclusion of overlooked Gunnison alternatives in <br />your H.R. 3881 Reservoir Studies Bill, <br /> <br />It appears the Bureau of Reclamation's available Aspinall Unit Pool, coupled with the <br />Central ColoradO Project's high storage capability could be a superior water management <br />system for numerous participants on both sides of the Divide. <br /> <br />EI Paso County is one of Colorado's most populated growth areas in need of additional <br />surface water supplies, We are especially interested in alternatives that can store the <br />state's unused Colorado River entitlements at high altitude for managed gravity <br />distribution to urban and rural areas, as needed during the destructive drought cycles. <br />Overlooked altematives that can serve multiple basins without long distance pumping <br />and energy consumption. may have major long-term environmental and economic <br />advantages over the traditional storage alternatives currently being considered. <br /> <br />e <br />