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<br />Metropolitan Water Supply Investigation
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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS...,;...................................................................,................................. i
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<br />List of Tables ,..",.."..,'..",..,.."..."..", ",.." ",...,...,..."......,.............".......",...,.,.."...,.."...,.,.,..,. iv
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<br />List of Figures ..",...,... ,...,"",..,',...,"',......,...,',...",.."..,...,.....,............."....,..,.."......",..,...".." i v
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<br />List of Appendices...".."............,..........." ,..,...,..,...".........,..,..,..,..".........",...,...,..""...,...,..".. v
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<br />List of Abbreviations and Acronyms ...,.........................................................................,....... v
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<br />EXECUTIVE SUl\fl\1ARY ..................................................................................................... vi
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<br />Cooperative Water Supply Opportunities ...................................................................,........ vii
<br />The Broader Benefits of the Collaborative MWSI Process......................................,..,......... ix
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<br />1. INTRODUCTION.............................................,.................................................................. 1
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<br />1.1. Preface ...'.........,....,.........,................,.......'..........,...,....,......,.....,..,.....,....,..,......'............. 1
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<br />1.2. Background...,...."..""""..."........".".......,..".,......,....,.................,.."..,.........................".. 2
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<br />1.3, MWSI Origins and Objectives ..................................................................,..................., 3
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<br />2. MWSI PROCESS................................................................................................................. 5
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<br />2,1, Management ..,..."..",....."......",...,...,...,'........"...........,...........,...,.....,.......'....",.."....,...., 5
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<br />2.2, MWSI Phases .."...,.....,...,..,.......,.."...,...,..,........................................."...,...,.....".......,... 5
<br />2.2,1, Phase I Scoping ...................................................................................................... 6
<br />2.2,2. Phase II Investigations....,"......,....,........"....,..............,...............,......".........,....,.... 8
<br />2.23. Phase III Investigations ............,...............................:......~...................................... 9
<br />2.2.4, Phase IV Sub-Regional Studies..........................,..,.............................................. 12
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<br />23. Coordination with Other Studies I Processes...............,....,.....................,.................... 12
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<br />3. MWSI RESUL TS............................................................................................................... 14
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<br />3.1, Basin-Wide Overview ..........................................................................,...........,........... 14
<br />3,1.1. Water Supply Service Area Regions ......................................,............................. 14
<br />3,1,1,1. Central Service Area Region ...........,..............................,................,............, 14
<br />3,1,1,2, North Service Area Region.........................................................,....,............. 16
<br />3,1.1.3, South Service Area Region........,.........................,..,....,.............,.............,..... 17
<br />3,1.2. Water Source Regions ...........................,..;............................,.............,..,............. 17
<br />3,1.2,1, South Platte River Basin............................................................,...,............... 17
<br />3,1,2,2, Colorado River Basin ,...................,.....,.....,......................'............................ 19
<br />3,1.23. Arkansas River Basin ...,................,.............................,......,...........,........,..,.. 20
<br />3,1.3, Metro Denver Area Water Supply Service Areas...................................,........,.... 20
<br />3,1.4, Water Management Strategies......................................,.....................,................: 25
<br />3, 1.4. 1. Native South Platte Supplies .....'..,..,.........................,............,...................... 25
<br />3,1.4,2. In-Basin Agricultural Transfers............,...............,........................,............... 26
<br />3,1.4,3, Trans-Basin Imports .........,...............,....,....................,......................,.......... :6
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<br />3,1,4.4, Water Reuse,..,....,...,..,...,......".."'.."..,.,.........,..,...".....,....."...."..,.""....., ".", 27
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<br />Prepared for the Colorado Water Conservation Board, Colorado Department ofNalural Resources by
<br />Hydrosphere Resource: Consultants, 1002 Walnut Screet, Suite 200, Boulder, CO 80302
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