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<br /> <br />r <br /> <br />August P. Gumlick Tvnnel. Vas- <br />quez Tunnel and Cabin- <br />Meadaw Creek System on the <br />west side of the Rockies, the <br />Moffat Tunnel. which brings the <br />woter to the east slope to the <br />South Boulder Diversion Canal. <br />Th0 storage reservoirs Of) the <br />Moffot SystemlnclucJe Gross, <br />Ralston ond Long la~es <br /> <br />Williams Fort-< Reservoir. . <br />located on the WiliiamsFort-< <br />River. neor its confluence with <br />the Colorodo River otParshall, <br />Colorodo, is used as 0 <br />replacement focility for <br />Denver's tronsmountain diver- <br />sion projects. <br /> <br />T otol capacity of the. row water <br />storage system is 539.003 <br />acre feet. exclvding the <br />repiacement reservol( <br /> <br />watershed is stored in Antero, <br />Eleven Mile. Cheesman, Stron- <br />tia Springs. Platte Canyon. and <br />Marston reservoirs. <br /> <br />The Roberts T vnnel or Blue <br />River Transmountain Diversion <br />System aiso uses the Platte <br />River to carry woter into the <br />Denver System. The 23 mile <br />Roberts Tunnel transports Dil- <br />ion Reservoir water underneath <br />the Continentai DiVIde to Grant, <br />where the Blue River water is <br />dischorged into the North Fork <br />of the Platte. <br /> <br />The Moffat Collection System <br />diverts water from the Williams <br />Fork and Fraser Rivers on the <br />western slope. and South <br />Boulder and Rolston Creeks. <br />Major facilities include the WiI. <br />iiams Fort-< Diversion System. <br /> <br />biologists. computer analysts <br />and other professionals use <br />tl1e most modern equipment to <br />monitor UJater qliOlity at tabor- <br />otoriesond treatment plants. <br />from. the water source through <br />the distribvtion system and at <br />selected taps throvghavt the <br />city <br /> <br />Sources of Supplf.,l <br />Denver's source of svpply bos- <br />kally is svrface water and ex- <br />tl3nds over the centroi Rockies <br />on both the east and west <br />slope. That watershed covers <br />;some 3.100 squore miles. From <br />the forthest reoches af this col- <br />lection oreo.me.lting snow <br />troveissorne 105 miles tl1rough <br />streams and reservoirs to the <br />treatment plant;'; before being <br />put into the distribution system. <br /> <br />Water from tl1e Sovth Platte <br /> <br /> <br />Denver Water Collection System <br />and Service Area <br /> <br />-// <br /> <br />C$Ir....... \ <br />."' WlIII.ms Fork Res. \. <br /> <br />') \ <br />0.-........... \ <br /> <br />A... \ <br />\ <br /> <br />___.u..._.._ <br />_CroooIo<____ <br />v.t._~..~-CtolNl <br /> <br />J <br />S. BouIderCrk. DIverMIn o.m <br /> <br />0_- <br /> <br />Moffet Tunnel <br />- <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />J, ~ Raleton Rea. <br />1\ _zlUnnol -- <br /> <br /> <br />"~- -, <br /> <br />DlIIon~~~.Tun'" T~=-PIent~ <br />.. .& ~ Foothlll.TrMtrnentPlant~........ <br />." ot '" StI'Ol"ltia SpringsflM,. <br /> <br />.., <br />,~ <br /> <br />/i <br /> <br />-, <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />\i <br /> <br /> <br />). <br /> <br />o-eman _ <br /> <br />.lO"ll\P.!w'-o'tI.... <br />, <br /> <br />Anq,gAN. <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />eom_ DIvIdo <br /> <br />Eleven Mile Canyon Rea. <br />