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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Exhibit I - Scope of Services <br />Metropolitan Water Supply Investigation <br /> <br />November 17, 1993 <br />Page 12 <br /> <br />Of these efforts, the Denver Water modeling/planning project is the most far reaching <br />and ambitious, and has the potential to significantly explore system integration opportunities. <br />However, none of these studies are properly scoped to address the entire subject area from a <br />metro area-wide or state-wide perspective, <br /> <br />MWSI Project Goals and Objectives <br /> <br />In order to effectively identify and support cooperative solutions to Denver metro area <br />water supply problems the MWSI Project must achieve three objectives: I) create a technically <br />facilitated planning process among water users, 2) develop an analytical capability sufficient <br />for evaluating the water supply yield and determining the operational aspects of a variety of <br />relatively complex water supply opportunities, and 3) conduct technical investigations as <br />needed specific to at least three most promising water supply opportunities which may include <br />a Barr Lake Plan, the Southern Water Supply Project and the conjunctive use of non-tributary <br />groundwater, <br /> <br />The MWSI Project should result in a reconnaissance level evaluation of the most <br />promising Denver metro area water supply options, captured in an executive level report, <br /> <br />A Technically Facilitated Planning Process <br /> <br />Because of its breadth of scope, the MWSl Project cannot occur in a vacuum, The <br />MWSI Project must include a strong cooperative process component in order to foster <br />collaborative planning efforts among water users and to take advantage of existing areas of <br />information and expertise. This process should allow for frequent and informal meetings with <br />key technical people from interested water providefs for the purposes of brainstorming, shafing <br />of information and discussing findings, <br /> <br />The Contractor should act as "technical facilitators" by having in-depth knowledge of <br />metro area water rights and water supply issues and a wide range of analytical capabilities. <br />This in-depth level of background knowledge will serve to enhance the collaborative aspects of <br />the process by assisting water users in identifying ways to meet their individual needs through <br />cooperative measures, and providing an added value service through effective evaluation of <br />water supply options that involve the integration of elements of existing systems that have <br />historically operated in a disparate or competitive manner. <br /> <br />There are several water supply planning efforts curfently underway in the metro region, <br />each of which are discussed below, The MWSI Project should be coordinated with these <br />efforts in order to minimize duplication of effort, take advantage of available information and <br />facilitate interaction among key technical people. <br /> <br />Denver Water Studv - The Denver Water Department is in the process of enhancing its <br />planning capability in order to address key water supply issues, both from Denver's <br />perspective ~d to some degree from a metro area-wide perspective. This effort promises to be <br />ambitious and far-reaching, although active cooperation by other players will be fequired for <br />its ultimate success, <br /> <br />While the scope of this study is still being del.!,,";, the first two years of this effort are <br />focused on redeveloping Denver's modeling capability in order to better estimate its system <br />yield under a variety of assumptions. Denver plans on making the resulting modeling tool <br />publicly available. This tool is expected to have considerable flexibility for examining water <br />