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<br />THE BROADER BENEFITS OF THE COLLABORATIVE
<br />MWSI PROCESS
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<br />The MWSI has been both a technical evaluation of cooperative water supply
<br />opportunities and a continuing process of dialogue, mutual education, joint inquiry, and
<br />collaboration among over 60 Front Range water providers and representatives of other
<br />key stakeholders including environmental organizations, agriculture and the West Slope.
<br />While this diverse group has focused principally on the opportunities and limitations
<br />associated with the four cooperative water supply categories, participants also developed
<br />and shared considerable information regarding the future water needs of the metro
<br />Denver area and individual water providers' plans that are in place for meeting those
<br />needs,
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<br />This information, summarized in the table and text below by sub-region, provides
<br />valuable context that enhances understanding of the roles and benefits of the cooperative
<br />water supply opportunities evaluated through the MWSL
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<br /> Projected Reasonably
<br /> Future Water Basis of Certain Future Future Unmet Applicable Cooperative Supply
<br />Sub-region Demand, AF Projection Supply, M' (1) Needs, M' (2) Opportunities (3)
<br /> conjunctive use with South sub-region,
<br /> effluent management with Northeast sub-
<br />Denver Central 14,000 to region, system integration with Northwest
<br />Sub-region 445,000 (4) build-out 401,000 44,000 (5) sub-region and Aurora
<br /> conjunctive use with Denver, effluent
<br />South Metro Sub management within Cherry and Plum
<br />region 127,000 build-out 127,000 0 Creek basins
<br /> effluent management with Northeast sub-
<br /> region, coordinated reservoir operations
<br />City of Aurora 85,000 2030 75,000 10,000 with Denver
<br />Northeast Metro system integration and effluent
<br />Sub-region 120,000 build-<lut 100,000 20,000 management with Denver and Aurora
<br /> system integration with Denver, effluent
<br />Northwest Metro management within Clear Creek and Big
<br />Sub-region 100,000 build-out 90,000 10,000 Dry Creek basins
<br /> 54,000 to
<br />Total 877,000 793,000 84,000
<br />(1) Based on their planning efforts to date, water providers have a relatively high degree of confidence in these supplies.
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<br />(2) Providers have a relatively lower degree of confidence in their plans to meet these needs, based on uncertainty
<br />factors and the comparatively longer time frames before these supplies would be needed.
<br />(3) Cooperative supply opportunities could be used to meet future unmet needs or as an altemative
<br />to reasonably certain future supplies.
<br />(4) Includes Denver Waters 30,000 M' safety factor
<br />(5) Based on the expected range of Denver Water's future safety factor.
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<br />The table illustrates that most Denver area water providers have planned for the future
<br />very well and currently have strategies in place to meet projected water needs to the year
<br />2030 and in some cases considerably beyond that date, As described further below, the
<br />cooperative water supply opportunities evaluated in the MWSI could supplement or
<br />partially replace the plans individual water providers already have in place,
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<br />The Denver Central Sub-resdon is comprised of the Denver Water Combined Service
<br />Area, including the City and County of Denver, 76 fully dependent contract providers,
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<br />Prepared for the Colorado Water Conservation Board, Colorado Department of Natural Resources by
<br />Hydrosphere Resource Consultants, 1002 Walnut Street, Suite 200, Boulder, CO 80302
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