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.' ,. Metropolitan Water Supply Investigation Proposal Hydrosphere, Inc. Septmber 17, 1993 Page 43 we suggest that an effort be made to identify and study in detail no more than three scenarios specific to the Barr Lake Plan. This task would also focus on how to best dovetail the overall MWSI Project process with other ongoing water supply planning efforts in order to efficiently and comprehensively explore metro Denver area water supply planning options. As the most promising water supply opportunities are more specifically defined it will also be necessary to identify associated technical, environmental and institutional issues that will need to be addressed in the study process. As these issues emerge, evaluation criteria should be defined to measure the comparative benefits and costs of various options. Evaluation criteria could include factors such as impacts on irrigated agriculture, impacts on wetland, impacts on water quality, the cost of facilities required and federal, state and local permitting requirements. Work under this task would be accomplished through a series of work sessions with TSC and with major interested parties including Denver Water, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Metro Denver Reclamation District, the Barr Lake Companies, and the Arapahoe County and Douglas County water groups. Linkages With Other Tasks This task will more specifically define all other tasks in the Project and should precede all other substantive investigations. Likely Sources of Information To Be Used A wide variety of input would be received from TSC members and other water interests. OSE data related to surface water diversions, wells and groundwater use would also be initially reviewed. Anticipated Problems It will be critical to effectively narrow and specify the most promising water supply opportunities to a manageable number for study. Scheduling problems related to effectively dovetailing the Project with other important ongoing water supply planning efforts may also be challenging. Deli\lerables A task memorandum would be prepared summarizing the results of the scoping efforts. This memo would identify the parties that must be involved in the analysis of the identified opportunities and describe the nature of their interests and expertise. It would describe the systems integration options identified in the scoping process and would present any issues and concerns identified by the interested parties. It would summarize the availability of existing information and models including the status and scope of ongoing studies. Cost The initially estimated budget for this task is $18,000.