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<br />. <br /> <br />'! <br />,'. <br />'. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />~,.->-..,....' <br /> <br />Metropolitan Water Supply Investigation <br /> <br />Table of Contents <br /> <br />T_ hIe o~ "'__"_....4._ <br />I \,..i.I.Jl . VV'~"~ii~::r <br /> <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS...,;...................................................................,................................. i <br /> <br />List of Tables ,..",.."..,'..",..,.."..."..", ",.." 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INTRODUCTION.............................................,.................................................................. 1 <br /> <br />1.1. Preface ...'.........,....,.........,................,.......'..........,...,....,......,.....,..,.....,....,..,......'............. 1 <br /> <br />1.2. Background...,...."..""""..."........".".......,..".,......,....,.................,.."..,.........................".. 2 <br /> <br />1.3, MWSI Origins and Objectives ..................................................................,..................., 3 <br /> <br />2. MWSI PROCESS................................................................................................................. 5 <br /> <br />2,1, Management ..,..."..",....."......",...,...,...,'........"...........,...........,...,.....,.......'....",.."....,...., 5 <br /> <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 <br /> <br />23. Coordination with Other Studies I Processes...............,....,.....................,.................... 12 <br /> <br />3. MWSI RESUL TS............................................................................................................... 14 <br /> <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 <br /> <br />3,1,4.4, Water Reuse,..,....,...,..,...,......".."'.."..,.,.........,..,...".....,....."...."..,.""....., ".", 27 <br /> <br />1 <br /> <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 <br />