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. . . Platte River Basin SPDSS Feasibility Study: We have received 25 statements of qualifications from those wanting to be evaluated as potential contractors to complete a South Platte DSS feasibility study. The SPDSS will be an important component of our growing DSS responsibilities. We will now begin the process of selecting the top three applicants to interview beginning on Aug. 9. Work is expected to commence on Oct. I and a final study is expected to be delivered on June I, 200 l. The SPDSS is expected to incorporate the Republican River as well as the South Platte, New Reservoir Proposed in Douglas County: The Parker Water and Sanitation District is proposing to build Rueter-Hess Reservoir on Newlin Gulch about 3 miles southwest of the Town of Parker. Newlin Gulch is a left-bank tributary to Cherry Creek. The proposed off- stream reservoir, to be located on 470 acres in Sections 30 and 31 ofT6S, R66W, 6th PM, will have a maximum capacity of 16,200 acre-feet. The proposed compacted earth dam will be 135 feet high and 5,300 feet long. The water will come from four sources: in-priority surface flows and alluvial groundwater pumped from Cherry Creek, advanced wastewater treatment effluent storage by exchange from Cherry Creek, and in-priority surface flows in Newlin Gulch. The district is currently supplied by wells in the Denver basin aquifer. The purpose of the project is to alleviate pressure on use of the non-renewable aquifer supply and 'serve future water needs of the 8, I 00 households served by the district. The population in Douglas County grew II-percent last year, and it is one of the fastest growing counties in the nation. There were 1,100 new taps in the district last year. The project is scheduled to be completed by the middle of2005 at a cost of $35million ($2,160 per acre-foot capital cost). The money to pay for the project will come from future water rate increases in the district. The project is currently undergoing an Environmental Impact Study and geotechnical studies. The project is named for Rosie Rueter-Hess, a former Parker area rancher who sold her land to the district. The project must also be approved by the Douglas County commissioners. A county- wide public opinion survey was recently conducted by Ciruli Associates for the district. The results of the poll were released June 6, 2000, at a meeting billed as "Watering the Growth Capitol of the USA: A Douglas County Water Conference." About 65 people attended the meeting. Seventy-seven percent of the 403 county residents that responded to the survey supported the proj ect. CBT Transfer Hearing: On May 24 the House Water and Power Subcommittee held a hearing on the proposed title transfer of the Colorado Big Thompson Project to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (HR 4389). Eric Wilkinson testified at the hearing, Wilkinson testified about the establishment of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District to contract with Reclamation to build the Colorado-Big Thompson Project ("CBTn). He said the District has met its repayment obligations under its Repayment Contract and currently has funds in escrow, which are sufficient to repay its entire repayment obligation under the Contract in 2002 7