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<br />. <br /> <br />:~ <br />.~+ <br /> <br />'. <br />" , <br />,:~.-;:... <br /> <br />Acknowledgements <br /> <br />The Metropolitan Water Supply Investigation involved efforts by individuals too numerous to fully <br />mention; such is the nature of cooperative planning, Governor Romer, members of the Colorado General <br />Assembly, the Front Range Forum, and the Colorado Water ConselVation Board all provided critical <br />leadership, Members of the Project Management Team, the Technical Advisory Committee and others all <br />contributed to the Investigation in ways too important and extensive to be able to fully describe here, The <br />authors wish to particularly acknowledge the following individuals who were critical to the Investigation's <br />successful completion, <br /> <br />Ken Salazar, for his vision and leadership in initiating the Investigation amidst considerable initial <br />skepticism, <br /> <br />Doug Robotham, for his steadfast and energetic management of the Investigation through its uncertain <br />course, <br /> <br />Jay Britton, (in memoriam) for his enthusiastic leadership on the TAC during critical early stages, <br /> <br />Dave Little, for his constructive criticism ofthe authors' sometimes wild ideas and ragged prose. <br /> <br />Steve Schmitzer, John Woodward and Tom Kruse, for their cheerful, intelligent and unflagging responses to <br />the authors' unending quest for more PACSM data, <br /> <br />Mike Gross, as the ever-present and forceful spokesman of the West Slope perspective(s), <br /> <br />Rick McLoud, for his ability to diplomatically keep the big picture in everyone's mind, <br /> <br />Doug Kemper, for his enormously helpful reports summarizing Aurora's complex system. <br /> <br />Eric Wilkinson, Alan Berryman and Daryl Zimbelman for their willingness to bring the Northern Front <br />Range's perspective into the Investigation, <br /> <br />Richard Stenzel, for his wide-ranging expertise on South Platte issues, <br /> <br />Dan Luecke, for his longstanding representation of environmental perspectives of water supply issues in a <br />constructive and engaging manner. <br /> <br />John Van Royen and Barb Biggs, for bringing a progressive and combined perspective of water <br />quality/quantity issues, <br /> <br />John Akolt and Manuel Montoya, for their creativity in portraying the possibilities involving the Burlington <br />system, <br /> <br />Mark Koleber, for his efforts in making Thornton's complex system understandable to the authors, <br /> <br />Brent Spronk (in memoriam) and Dale Book, for their portrayal of key South Platte decrees and agreements <br />in a succinct and understandable manner. <br /> <br />Mark Palumbo, for his wide-ranging knowledge of Denver Basin groundwater issues, <br /> <br />Pat Mulhern, for bringing together disparate southern Metro water interests and for his crucial early visions <br />of conjunctive use concepts. <br /> <br />Jim Brannon, for his remarkable ability to portray complex issues in an understandable manner. <br /> <br />Diane Haggerty, for her tireless efforts in reconciling impossible meeting schedules, <br /> <br />Lee Rozaklis and Robert Weaver <br />Hydrosphere Resource Consultants, Inc, <br />