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<br />Metropolitan Water Supply Investigation
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<br />Table of Contents
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<br />LIST OF TABLES
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<br />Table I: Denver Water Contract Obligations ,...................,..................;...,.........,......,.............22
<br />Table 2: Existing Municipal Water Use in the South Platte Basin (1996 Conditions) ,.....,....28
<br />Table 3: Future Water Supply Plans for South Platte Basin Municipal Water Providers ....... 33
<br />Table 4: Results of No-Borrowing, No-Recharge Scenarios....,................,..........,.....,............ 55
<br />Table 5: Results of With-Borrowing Scenarios..................................................,..............,....., 57
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<br />Table 6: Metro Denver Area Reusable Supplies and Return Flows (Acre-Feet Per Year) .... 73
<br />Table 7: Summary of Effluent Reuse Plans (Acre-Feet Per year)........................................... 78
<br />Table 8: Results of Phase III Exchange Potential Analysis.................,............,...................... 82
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<br />Table 9: Summary ofInterruptible Supply Arrangement Studies and Implementations ........ 95
<br />Table 10 (Maximum Option Price Which A Municipality Can Pay and
<br />Still Benefit Over Purchasing the Water Right) (1988 $IAF) ........................................105
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<br />Table 11: Estimate of Gross Supply Potential for Interruptible Supply
<br />Arrangements by Sub-Basin .............................................:.................................,.".....,.. 107
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<br />LIST OF FIGURES
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<br />Figure 1: South Platte River Basin and its Three Water Service Regions ..............,...............15
<br />Figure 2: Major Service Areas of Major Water Providers in the Metro Denver Area ..,.....:.., 21
<br />Figure 3: Existing Municipal & Industrial Water Supply, South Platte
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<br />Basin of Colorado .........,...".......'..".....,................................................"...,.......,...,......,.... 24
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<br />Figure 4: Denver Water's Near-Term Strategy...........................................,......,....,.............., 35
<br />Figure 5: Denver's Unused Divertible Supplies South Platte
<br />and Blue Rivers Near-Term Scenario......,.................................................,...................... 43
<br />Figure 6: Available Flows, South Platte River Below Denver...........................,..,.................46
<br />Figure 7: Map of Denver Basin Aquifers ................................................................................48
<br />Figure 8: Map of Beebe Draw Aquifer...........................,................................................,......, 50
<br />Figure 9: Blue River Below Dillon Reservoir ...........,..................................,..................,......, 59
<br />Figure 10: Conjunctive Use Scenario 9 Effects on Dillon Reservoir Contents..................,.... 61
<br />Figure 11: Conjunctive Use Scenario 9 Effects on Cheesman III Mile
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<br />Reservoir Contents ..,..",... ,...,..",..,." ..,..., .....................,..,..., .......,'...." ,......."...",..,.......... 61
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<br />Figure 12: Conjunctive Use Scenario 10 Effects on Dillon Reservoir Contents................,.... 62
<br />Figure 13: Conjunctive Use Scenario 10 Effects on Cheesman III Mile
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<br />Reservoir Contents ..,..",..",.....",.,..,..,.......'.....,.....", .......,.,....",'......,..."...".,..,...,.',...."... 62
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<br />Figure 14: Relationships Between Various Temporary Transfer Arrangements .............,....., 92
<br />Figure 15: Sub-Basins of the l\o~:hem Front Range Region...........,...............................,...,106
<br />Figure 16: Future Mix of Water Management Strategies, Metro Denver Area..................... 135
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<br />Prepared for the Colorado Water Conservation Board, Colorado Department ofNa1ural Resources by
<br />Hydrosphere: Resource Consultants, 1002 Walnut Street. Suite 200. Boulder, CO 80302
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