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<br />Ih~ <br /> <br />Wcter Supply <br />C1 ear Creek is M.oV ily rei led upon .os d mu~ ie ipal and i~dustr i.ol water <br />supply. The Cities of Golden. l<Iestminster, Broomfield,Northglenn, Tho rnton, <br />Arvada ana Adolph Coors Inaustr ies all taK~ \olat"r for usage either dIrect ly <br />out of Clear Creek ano ib tributaries or out of th~ many ditcnes wnlen <br />divert water from Cledr Cre~k. <br /> <br />The City of Golden's water treatment plant is loc.oted along the no rthbankof <br />Cll!ar CreeK just downstre;rn of U.S_ 6, as shown in Figure IV.L Recent <br />ex;:>ansionofthe plimt in 1974 increased the plant's nominal capacity from <br />5.0mgdto lOmgd. Tne plant haS now been master planned so thdtwnen final <br />expanSion is completed. tne nominal design capacity will De 15m:l d. Io/ater is <br />diverted from Clear Creek at a location upstrearn of U.S. 6 and flows to t...:> <br />settling ponds via an 18.inch pipeline and a 14.inch pipeline. <br /> <br />Adolph Coors Industries operates and maintains a water treatment facility <br />west ofM::lntyre Strl!et wnich treats \later for both domestic dnd process use <br />at thl!Coors Cornplex. <br /> <br />Agricul t\iral and Industrial Diversio~s <br />AgriC\i1 L\iral irr ig~t iun ditches and tlleir water rlghts Jrc important <br />c(}n~jd€rations in the CI ear Creek master draindiJe pi annillg process. These <br />ditches, tl1eir diversion str\ictures and water rights must oeconsidertKI if <br />cha.nne1ization of Clear Creek is selected as dn a.lternative. ThiS ><<lu\d <br />require relocation of the ditcn diversIon structures to assurethdt adequate <br />diversions Cdn be continued by these ditches. Tne agriC\iltural oitch <br />loctions are illustrated in Figures n.l and IV-Z. Coors Industries <br />maintains a diversion delland headwor~s on Cl ear Creek at the confl uence wi th <br />1\iCker Gu Icn, to supply cool ing \later fur t'l~ Cou'~ Cornpi "^. <br /> <br />Groundwater <br />Th~ most significant source of \Iroundwater in th" CI ear Creek Basin I s toe <br />shallow sand and gravel all\ivial aq,liferofClearCreekwhiCl1isrechargedby <br />CI ear Creek dur ing the spring runoff dnd by th" many irrigat ion d itche~ in <br />