BOARD00860

• Board Meeting Date: 3/29/1999
• Description: Platte River Basin Issues - Metro Water Supply Investigation - MWSI Next Steps
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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RESOLUTION NO, R-998-02.

\V'HEREAS, the Douglas COllllty Water Resource Authority (the Authority) was
established by contract, executed as of the 29th day of September, 1995 (the "Establishing
Contract") to effect the planning and developme::!.t of water resources, s;"stems md facilities (the
"Wate; Facilities") for the bendit of its members and their inhabitants, and others, and to
integrate surface waters, well waters, Wastewater effluent, <md stormwaters under the guidance of
the Authority;

. W:-1EREAS, the Authority has parricipat~d in a series of investiptioos related to a
potential cOlljunc:ive use approach as a partial means of meeting the sr.a:ed purposes of the
Authority;

WB:EREAS, the conjundi~'e use approach could result from a c::operative venture ".ith
Denver Board of Water Comrnissione::s (Denver Water) in which the w"ter supply of the
.....uthorit"f and Denver \Vater could be increased while reducing the lor.~ term dependenc: on
non-tributary groundwater supplies by members of the Authority;

\VHEREAS, the Authority recognizes the need to coilaborativeiy and completely explore
appropriate alternatives to the conjunctive use approach thar meet the _~.uthority's stated purpose
as well as the needs of other interested parties to allow definition of a :::gional and cost-effective
.pproacb for meeting me Authority's stated purpose;

'wnEREAS, the Aurhority recognizes that a cOlllprehensive alt::::natives :malysis requires
a collaborative approach among inte:-ested parries, including at least Atr'...~ority members,
e::J.vironlnental groups, the Western Slope, Denver Water and other Fro:lt Range Conununities;

\\;HEREAS, the Authority 'viIi work wit!: those othe:- interested parries to develop the
alte!1latives to meeri!lg the Aut.i),orit:;'s .ltated purpose through the collaborative process ("The
Snldy") lh..lt will include as an initial .telp the llSel of cotltinued and :naxL-llzed reasonable
cievelopme:u or" local water resources (well waler, surface water, rerum :lows, conservation,
water rights tr:msfers and exchanges, and reuse) aloce, and subsequentiy conjllllctive use using
only South Platte River surface wate:- and then oth~r water resources av:tilable to the Authority
and De:!ve:- Water as mal' be identified by the imerested panies as being accepcabl;: and
beneficial;

WHeREAS, t1:e. Authority gener:illy feeL;; that the development of renewable supplies
could be successfully ::let by a vane!'j of elements, both S1:rllCtural and ::on-strUc:ural, same of
....r-jcll cie:;:e::d sc!eI)' en East Slope >\later while other options dra'.y 00 r:::scurces from other nv'er
basins, ~Ul all of which IDusr be e'lal\late:i fully:me objectively in a cot.;aborotive alternatives
a::alysis: =.::......oh.ing all :!:.te:,zs~ed parties before identifying pr~ferred ap~rotlches to achieving the:
stated :lUr:lCSe of the A:.tthoril't: .
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