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<br />;I"<ld rrobl~l'"s i~ ne l"tlJr'J.
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<br />;-,t'J i" to, is r<'p<lrr C<l\/~r tho S-'-r<l,1r
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<br />ou~",'rJ s~r'l1~ o' uru,)~lz~ti<ln, Id~,f '.'ill b'~ prloci<liJlly utilized bv
<br />enlar\J",",cnt of satelll"" comrn~~lty <1evoroo"rm~ ~r-,lI'S, fly comparl~1
<br />tho 1950 deve IOp",ent ot tbe De_ovAr metropol It,~n area wi tb ~bo ore~ort
<br />dcvelOf)"YOnt, It appears thomr;t.opolltanore" will hJYC incrOilsedby
<br />,0 rer~e~~ by the yonr 2000. At the ~nd of tris ceotury, or soonAr,
<br />the basins o' eJch of t~e 5trB~~S studle~ In this re~or~ ~~v b~
<br />e~ti.ely eccupled by urb~~ dr;velopmG~t. Projections I~Jlc"tG that
<br />by tho yoar 1930, the Donver urb~n area popu lation m~y I nUed5e by
<br />100 percent over the 1960 papul~tlon. T~ble r showS the estimated
<br />GrC)wth 01 tho ~0nvar area through 2020. A corresponding dam~nd lor
<br />land '~I II i ncre~se pre~sure to uti 1 i ze f load prone areas for resi-
<br />dential, c~erclal, and industrial purposes.
<br />
<br />acd res Id"ntifl I O['VC IO.Jrrents ~ IrG'acv rxl 5~ ~ l"n1 por"i on~, 01 t.,,,,
<br />stroam. en1 ~ntlc;rated f<Jtur", 'YO\o.'t~ cCOJld SJr~,lC "r~~nIBtiC)n ~o
<br />~(J"lcu I tur-a I arl'lns loc~-'-c:d I r, ~r"'''~!! Ie 'load zones. 'lO<1d di}nG",r
<br />ZOrleS need to be "'KCXJ~ilCJ Gnu ~'/"Iuah:?c in :.>r~or to ~'/ol~ sorlo"s
<br />
<br />rea"o frnm ~he co..;llueoc~ "Ith CI""r r,~,,~I, to "h"rl(~~n '1our~v~r(J,
<br />Gra1')') II~ I I Crp.ek, north'Nr.t 01 Denver, orl~ I r.l)to" in
<br />to~ Nurt"~Jle~o-T'lUrnto1 Bf"'i'S ~nd 'IO'~~ uc1st"'Jrr! t"ro~~" rl'.,'''.'' d'Cvclcp-
<br />r-.ont5 to "8 lost On t,o Ilat So"h I'Ii'ltt0 'liver flocrl plJln, Toere
<br />Is no hi stor ICd I ev luunce of past' 1,x;cJ eJmd';C<; On this ~tredOl, but
<br />urbar. dev"loprneot ot the upeer ~~5In h~s =curr",d in raceot ye~rs.
<br />The up~tr()"," reild of Sr~n'Jc "011 Crco~ possio1 tr~ou~h -'-he 'lo~th1Icno
<br />J"v{)lo~,"~nt ~istrlct :,il, 3 vc,rv n~rrm: II=d plain "od ,ec"ive~ ~orre
<br />upstre~n rn,Brvoir pro~Qctior. T~ls ",roc doc~ 10t ep~car -'-0 h~vn ~
<br />~0rlous I iooo "rob I",:'. I;o."evar, If d"'/Glop"",ots S-'0" Id oontl,',e east-
<br />>lard "., t',n ,?n,"'th r^"tterf' 1~,:ic1If'~, "ri',an ',,,v~lalir"'nt u)~ld 'v>COO'''
<br />vu I nerob Ie ta oV8rl 10'.-15 fro'" 'ir~Cl~'e llall 2reo<. For th Is reason.
<br />t"ls stro_]r- r,as bP-~1 11ciw,'orl In tl1r tlood ~I~i~ C,,~~, ~nd 1.1forC1atl"n
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<br />TABI.E I
<br />POPULATION PROJECTIONS
<br />
<br />Y"h,r
<br />
<br />United St~tos 1/
<br />
<br />Dftnver
<br />~.1"t rora 1 I ta n A rea
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<br />
<br />i~' ~rcr.[)dd on H~ ~'JJch Ir:5n' tha '!a~t rd'l0 "I the rh..'0!oD^,nnt t"
<br />tic SO_Jh rr_:7tc -'Iver ;.Ioo~ rl~:o.
<br />-;" ,,' .,-,~o.l,,",io c'1~rilc7er of rho ~'_rhj.Jct ~trc"," ~a~lno I",~s
<br />,,",,n cc.;.,ns I 0-1 In ~"cent ye"r-s. l'lih he ('rc.l"l+ ,,; ~"'Clv',,' In II'I~
<br />
<br />t:st.
<br />Est.
<br />Est.
<br />
<br />191.0
<br />1950
<br />1%0
<br />''''''
<br />2000
<br />2020
<br />
<br />131 ,669,O~O
<br />151,132,000
<br />179,323.000
<br />243,900,000
<br />D6,flOO,OOO
<br />4()7,7QO,OOO
<br />
<br />4t.~,20~
<br />612,128
<br />92'-),383
<br />I,Blei,OOO
<br />3,05'l,~OO
<br />5,0 I 5,1)(J{J
<br />
<br />OJ.ot~ry, _~rG nJooci~1 Iy th€ rn~l~ uW>1I,,""cnt 01 trQ ~I~v ,lnd Its
<br />
<br />suhurb5 ~in~" I',',,,..!d ',\'ilr II, ~rbanil~tial ~d,:ll!!tln'1 O"t','~rc tro~ .,c
<br />
<br />Th~r0 aro no Stf~3M gaging stations O~ the stre~~s cig-
<br />cussed In thi s report. But, by u~i n'J th" limited ~va I labl" ddta On
<br />r~ i nf" II ~nJ f I(){)u I1I~tof'i, dnJ correiati nq th 11 I nform~tlon with
<br />~ I rr' II ar UdS i n~ w~.,ere mor() comp I ate ~nd <1eta lIed J~ta have Jeoo
<br />recorded, tl\tl IOCill flooo silu~~IC)ns tor tho~e stre~,,".s ~~ve been
<br />defined u~J()r presont conditions of develop~cn~, The followinG ?~ra-
<br />c,rdphs ;LJrrt:",,,ri ze iJ fB'~ ot tire ,"oro , I~nl f ic~rt find i n'l~ w'11 ch drB
<br />
<br />11(l~rt of .h<, citv l'dS bee" ~<::v:~~cln" up<;trNlI" in 0,,~h bJsln, 5"1,,11
<br />
<br />CG"-,"cl~I"5 In the \'1::11Ity ~",i~~ t~)n,~el'/ "",rve" 'Or'\' ~ur~1 "",,,,'-'5
<br />
<br />o<lve u".hr'.lcr.J trJn,fOrloJ-'-I"ns in~o r-.etC()1ol it~n ~L~"r!". !rhan--tv~~
<br />
<br />'i'Jvelov'nClt Is new r()pr~~c~tll.lv,~ "f 111.1 th" ~,lslo "'r-c;,,~<; I~ hlg
<br />
<br />rc,~ort, :~"n(;".rr"nt wi .,, 1 h i ~ "~P""~ 1"'1. "ncr",'Ch'"~Clt h,lS occur..-,,'!
<br />
<br />01 the f I,~)d I' I ~i n';.
<br />
<br />Projections Ind I ,,<<te th~' '1~O,,'~h o' th(~ ",'tronol I.hn ~r'J~
<br />"'il cQnti~u", "n.: t"rt',~r ~,w,~jOI",'~nt md'l Ir,v",fn tr>(' ;.I""d ol"ino,
<br />
<br />i n ~he "~'<;'.'~c'e c>' ~u 11.,,1\ I f' ;"c:'_J: .," ens.
<br />
<br />I t I~ ll'nt;c1i,cj,."d 'hilt ;Cl th'
<br />
<br />}j U~lt,.,,j St~t',5 clnd o",nvof S~S,., pop'.II"tlo~~ wnr" ,r-erllre~ by the'
<br />Office o, r~5Ine~s Economlci.
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