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9/13/2004
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Flood Section - 2002 Chatfield Drought Declaration Reconsideration
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<br />.... <br /> <br />20.000 acre-foot pool. Under paragraph l(b)(1), Denver Water has the "sole and exclusive right . <br />to regulate for its own uses and purposes" the water stored between 5423 and 5432, but promises <br />to maintain 20,000 acre feet between May and August "as nearly as practicable." Denver Water <br />must "use its best efforts" to mailltain the 20,000 acre feet, "except in periods of drought or <br />under circumstances beyond the control of' Denver WateL Thus Denver Water maintains the <br />recreation pool at 5426, except in a drought, when it may lower the level to 5423 without <br />concurrence by the State. <br /> <br />Below 5423. Under paragraph 1(b)(2), Denver Water agrees not to let the level fall "below <br />elevation 5423, except as severe and prolonged drought conditions. as such drought conditions <br />are reasonably determined by the Colorado Water Conservation Board may require [Denver <br />Water] unavoidably to cause the level of storage to decrease below elevation 5423 in order to <br />satisfy its charter obligations to provide municipal water supply." The CWCB is asked to act <br />"reasonably" in determilling whether severe and prolonged drought conditions exist. Under such <br />drought conditions, Denver Water may access the 16,200 acre feet below 5423. <br /> <br />State obligations: The State paid $2.8 million to Denver Water for the initial fill to 5426 and also <br />conveyed some minor water rights with a yield of 3 81 acre feet The State also agreed to convey <br />to Denver Water "storage capacity for [Denver Water's] sole and exclusive use in regulatillg <br />water supplies ill Chatfield Reservoir. . . between elevations 5432 feet and 5423 feet" <br /> <br />3. Denver Water's Drought Response <br /> <br />Denver Water provides water to 1.2 million Coloradoans; nearly 25% of the state's population, . <br />and supports about one-third of the state's economic activity. Like all Colorado water users, <br />Denver Water customers have been adversely affected by the drought. The stated goal of Denver <br />Water's drought policy is "to preserve the quality of public life and economic activity to the <br />extent possible in the face of water shortage." <br /> <br />Denver Water imposed Stage 2 mandatory day-and-hour watering restrictions effective July 1, <br />2002, and strengthened those restrictions on September 1, On October I, 2002, Denver Water. <br />imposed a Stage 3 ban on outdoor watering, except drip and hand watering of trees and shrubs, <br />Restrictions have also been imposed on vehicle washing, washing of impervious surfaces, use of <br />water by restaurants and lodgillg establishments and operation offountains. Deliveries under <br />fixed-amount contracts have been reduced by 30%. Drought surcharges have been imposed on <br />all customers who use more than 70% of past use, and new taps are subject to a 20% drought <br />surcharge, Drought surcharge proceeds are being used to fund responses to the drought and the <br />Hayman fire, future supply options and water conservation incentives and rebates. <br /> <br />Throughout this summer of increasingly more serious drought response, Denver Water has kept <br />the Chatfield recreation pool of20,000 acre feet full. To avoid excessive evaporation, Antero <br />Reservoir ill Park County has been drained. Eleven Mile and Dillon are at 60%, Cheesman at <br />50%, Williams Fork at 13%, Wolford at 4%, Gross at 40%. System-wide, Denver Water's <br />reservoirs are only 48% of capacity, yet Chatfield remains full. Probably no other boating <br />facility in Colorado has remained unaffected by the drought Certainly recreation at Dillon, <br />Eleven Mile, Williams Fork and Gross has been badly impacted. Denver Water's commitment . <br />to recreation at Chatfield has been amply demonstrated over the years and during this drought <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />" <br />, <br />
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