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<br /> <br />Foothills Treatment Plant <br /> <br />COr\Siderin.g Colorado's cvcles <br />oFwetonddrv years and the <br />need of sURplies For inevitable <br />dry years, the "saFe" or "Firm" <br />annual yield of water to the <br />Denver system is coiculated ot <br />295.0000cre Feet. (An acre <br />foot equals opproximatelv <br />326.000 gollons).Because our <br />"rouT or untreated water orig- <br />inatesinptistine areas in the <br />mountains. Denver has less <br />contaminants to remove than. <br />For example. cities who toke <br />their ?UPplyFromthe Missis- <br />sippiorather major, heavily <br />usedri\iers. Control and veri A- <br />catlOriof tbequalitv of this <br />water. prior to entering the <br />treatment prccess,is assured <br /> <br />bV both routine and special <br />sampling and analvsis by <br />Water Deportment Quality <br />Control personnel. <br /> <br />Treatment of Water <br />Denver has consistentlv placed <br />strong emphasis on providing <br />o safe. clean and dependable <br />woter supplV through proper <br />treatment. To heip accomplish <br />this objective in future years. 0 <br />new treatment plant joined <br />three other piants of the <br />Denver Woter Deportment. <br />incorporoting state-of-the art <br />technology in water treatment. <br />Poothills Treatment PlanUs <br /> <br />lacoted5outhw~st of De;nver <br />near RoxbarQughP~rk The; <br />high elevation of this-modern <br />facility allows it to supply most <br />of our customers by gravity, <br />re;su)tin9 in ene;rgy savings <br />since less pumping of treated <br />watedsne;ede;d to get it to <br />wstqmers' tops. <br />e mo,dern camp0tersysternls <br />used to ope;rote Faathi,lls, one; <br />of the most advanced treat. <br />ment plontsin the lUQrld.lt con-- <br />trois most plont processe;s, <br />gathers data and sChe;dbl<q$ <br />maintenance. with on analog <br />system providing backup, <br />To better unde;rstand the; <br />tre;otment process. we wiWlook <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />R <br />