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<br />Municipal nnd Industrinl Wntmr Supply Study
<br />Superior, Eric, Lafayettm, Louisville, Colorado
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<br />l.Qc:.~!:.I,ON: Oil lh,-, Coal Creek and Sou th Boulder Creek
<br />d r<1il13ges in Adams, Boulder, and \'lcld Coun ties
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<br />PRo.IJ.!cEN: Population is increasing in the area ,dth <1 limited water
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<br />supply. Shortages have ,already been encountered and is expected to
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<br />be more critical in the future. Population is expected to increase
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<br />further exacerbating the prohlem. The Coal Creek area is located
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<br />ouW;,ide the boundary of the Horthern Colorado \vatcr Conservancy
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<br />District, ylhich distributc6 Colorado-Big Thornpoon \-Jater to irrigation
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<br />and ~I&I uSf'.r~~nQrtl1 of--t.:.fi-e-B-env-er IAc:trop-olitan=.ar:ea, f=q-j--";:'~~~:L.'.:f~d;-=-~' ".
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<br />iliJl~':!....j).i~~qlIl'~~r.O,;~: The study would describe the problem and-ex""cfwlta,te
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<br />the alternatives availahle to meet the demanJ for the increasing
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<br />population as Hell as a more dependable supply for the existinf,
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<br />population. Alternatives could include purcllase of irrigation. water
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<br />rights, ir:lportation, grounJ-\-Jatcr development, and any combination
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<br />OTIlU. STUDIES c:mIPLETED OR UNlJERWAY:
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<br />Reconnaissance investigations
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<br />in the mid-1960's and the Frollt Runge studies in the early 1970's
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<br />have idel1tifled the /1&1 Hater supply needs in the gener.al Front
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<br />Range area. }lorc recently, State of Color.Jdo studies have shm'!11 a
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<br />criticill l1CCll ill tIle Conl Creek area.
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