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. . e e e 2. Providing a "technical facilitator" function in Denver's proposed planning process, thereby relieving Denver of the untenable responsibility of conducting a collaborative planning process while concurrently protecting its own interests. The MWSI Project could take advantage of the technical meeting schedules, water provider participants and consultants currently involved in the Denver study. 2. EFFLUENT MANAGEMENT STUDY A. The Metro Wastewater Reclamation District is undertaking an Effluent Management Study that includes a preliminary analysis of water management options involving reusable effluent for the purpose of addressing critical water quality problems in Segment 15 of the South Platte River. This study will focus on quantifying the potential availability of reusable effluent, identifying potential demands for such effluent and associated water qual ity requirements, and reviewing potential mechanisms for using effluent in such a way as to benefit water quality in Segment 15, including water trades, exchanges, and augmentation plans. Much of the study will focus on investigating the engineering aspects of rapid infiltration basins as a means of cost effectively meeting water quality requirements for agricultural reuse of effluent. The study is expected to be completed by early 1994 as a part of Metro's efforts to meet a USEPA-imposed deadline for solving the dissolved oxygen problems associated with Segment 15. Due to schedule and budget limitations, the study's investigation of the actual mechanisms for effluent use from a water supply planning perspective is expected to be preliminary in nature and no explicit modeling of effluent-based water supply options is anticipated. The MWSI Project should incorporate the goals and results of this study into a more comprehensive water management context. The active involvement of the State in a cooperative water management planning effort addressing both water supply and water quality goals could buy more time for Metro with respect to making the best decision regarding South Platte water quality issues. This is especially relevant given that EPA has committed itself to assisting the region in exploring water supply alternatives to Two Forks. 3. SOUTHERN WATER SUPPLY PROJECT The Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (the District) is in the advanced planning stages for its Southern Water Supply Project (SWSP), consisting of a gravity pipeline from Carter Lake which will deliver water to participating municipal water users in Boulder and Weld County. This project grew out of an assessment of municipal and industrial water supply needs within the existing District and its currently contemplated service area only. As a part of this effort the District has developed a great deal of information on existing municipal water supplies and future needs, alternative pipeline routes, sizes, costs and environmental impacts. Design of the SWSP is expected to be completed in the summer of 1993 and construction is expected to begin in 1994. While the sizing and alignment of the proposed pipeline is based on the needs and financial capabilities of current project participants only, the easements associated with the proposed pipeline C-2