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<br />0G2474 <br /> <br />I <br />~~ <br /> <br />../ , .\ <br /> <br />(f1~:V <br /> <br />I' <br /> <br /> <br />i. ;I; <br />.1~Ji.(j]'11{!iJl!,'.1IK; ~~:([~( DU:~~- (~~i])~jI;JP/~~~;> f1!: <br />"i::...'t~~ ~;,S:.~......"~..,,, ~,~~ >-~~ __~~'~I<\.'O.;l="""" ........'<.k.. (j <br />, ESTABLlSHED 1873,' / ~~@3, <br />" . ,.C.. I " 'r.~'z:...?,,/~ <br />' h', , 'I l.) <br />Gl0J~1)HN' !IX.nnou:;,rn,i8l .30401' (0 <br />""~~' .,,-,~,'! ' ."" , "=.~__,,..~l_ '-" ". "'. CO' 0 ~ <br />. "'0 '/ J" <br />,1:(' '0", In W <br />'c,~ 't;.;/'o '''6', / /) <br />"l/<"I~v(') / '/ /" <br />"-'i~/~'>>.. #/ // <br />So,,/'!<:!::Y <br />~l'.o <br /> <br />September 2, 1981 <br /> <br />Mr, J. William McDonald <br />Director <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />823 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver CO 80203 <br /> <br />Dear Bi 11 : <br /> <br />We recently received a copy of the "Interim Report, South Platte <br />River Basin Assessment" prepared for the Board by Woodwilrd-Clyde and <br />issued during August. We haven't had an opportunity to. review the <br />report to any significant depth, but i.t appears initiany the study was <br />well directed and has probably achieved its objective, especially when <br />one considers the constraint that currently available information be <br />utilized in its preparation. <br /> <br />Unfortunately, I fear that such a constraint may have precluded <br />adequate consideration of additional development which may be warranted <br />here in our area of particular interest -- Clear Creek. <br /> <br />As you are possibly aware, this stream is rapidly becoming a major <br />supplier of water to meet municipal and industrial needs in the western <br />metropolitan Denver area. Clear Creek has long been heavily utilized for <br />agricultural purposes, and the additional demands now placed upon it for <br />municipal and industrial purposes have resulted in one of the most com- <br />petitive situations for water rights in the State of Colorado. <br /> <br />Because of this, there seems to be a growing feeling among users <br />in this area that it will be necessary for us to band together in some <br />fashion to construct a large reservoir facility on or near Clear Creek <br />to assist in maximizing yield from the stream. Unfortunately, the <br />exceedingly competitive nature of our respective operations has precluded <br />us from organizing a group to pursue construction of such a reservoir <br />effectively. For that reason, no such proposal was available to Woodward- <br />Clyde for the inclusion in their August report. <br />