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<br />. <br /> <br />.-. <br />:.....t". <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />~..,/ <br /> <br />Metropolitan Water Supply Investigation <br /> <br />Table of Contents <br /> <br />LIST OF TABLES <br /> <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 <br /> <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 <br /> <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 <br /> <br />Table 11: Estimate of Gross Supply Potential for Interruptible Supply <br />Arrangements by Sub-Basin .............................................:.................................,.".....,.. 107 <br /> <br />LIST OF FIGURES <br /> <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 <br /> <br />Basin of Colorado .........,...".......'..".....,................................................"...,.......,...,......,.... 24 <br /> <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 <br /> <br />Reservoir Contents ..,..",... ,...,..",..,." ..,..., .....................,..,..., .......,'...." ,......."...",..,.......... 61 <br /> <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 <br /> <br />Reservoir Contents ..,..",..",.....",.,..,..,.......'.....,.....", .......,.,....",'......,..."...".,..,...,.',...."... 62 <br /> <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 <br /> <br />IV <br /> <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 <br />