BOARD00245

• Board Meeting Date: 9/19/1991
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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51% of the Plant site has

historically drained into Great
supplies drinking water for the

Western Reservoir, which
City of Broomfield.
35% of the site has historically drained into Standley
Lake, which supplies drinking water for the cities of
Federal Heights, Northglenn, Thornton, and westminster.
Unfortunately, the history of the Plant is marked by numerous
problems that have resulted in on- and off-site contamination. The
Plant's record and the potential for new problems, due to existing
contamination, human error, and the deterioration of the facility,
are grave concerns for these cities and their residents.

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OPTION REVIEW PROCESS
To address public concerns about the effect of surface runoff
from Rocky Flats on drinking water supplies, an option review
process was initiated in April of 1990, with the objective of
identifying and evaluating various alternatives to deal with the
problem.
The process was chaired by Congressman David Skaggs, and
included representatives of the cities of Arvada, Broomfield,
Federal Heights, Northglenn, Thornton, and Westminster; Jefferson
County; the Department of Energy; EG&G (which operates the Rocky
Flats Plant for the DOE); the United States EPA; the Colorado
Department of Health; and representatives of Governor Romer,
Senator Wirth, Senator Armstrong, and Congressman Brown.
The final package, agreed upon by the group in July of 1990,
consisted of the cities t projects, known as "option B," and the
DOE's water management project, known as "option J."
The cities t proj ects, "Option B, " involves protecting Standley
Lake, in part by piping runoff from the Woman Creek basin into
Great Western Reservoir and replacing the current Great Western
Reservoir system with a new water supply system. The estimated
cost is just over $70 million.

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