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" Metropolitan Water Supply Investigation Proposal Hydrosphere, Inc, Septmber 17, 1993 Page 49 supply contracts relying on base agricultural water supply within the Nonhern District in conjunction with use of the CBT system to wheel water into Denver metro area. (Note that any of these options may require examination of the role of additional storage requirements in the Nonhern System.) Data would be collected as needed in the following areas: CBTlWindy Gap project facilities, operations and share ownerships, Project and base supply water rights, East and West Slope hydrology, United States and Nonhern District project-related policies, and Nonhern agricultural and M&I water use. Most of these data are available from the Northern District and from previous studies conducted by Hydrosphere and others with the exception with the exception of a full inventory of base supply agricultural systems. We would recommend the selection of a representative system or systems to explore the interruptible base supply option, and the associated issues and concerns, instead of developing complete data on base supply. Extensive data is also available from the Thornton/Nonhern litigation. Hydrosphere would develop Nonhern opportunity scenarios with the assistance of the Nonhern District, the TSC, and the OSE and the Project Management Team. linkages With Other Tasks This task is part of the Project's Information Development focus area and would complement and be coordinated with Task 4 (Inventory) and the Barr Lake Special studies to insure complete coverage of topic areas and efficient use of meetings. The Information Development focus area would build upon the results of Scoping and would precede the Model Development and Opportunities Evaluation focus areas. The results of this task would be used in the Opportunities Evaluation phase to model the yield of various Nonhern scenarios alone and in combination with other studied opportunities. Likely Sources of Information To Be Used Data may be obtained from the Northern District, the Bureau of Reclamation, OSE, USGS, Nonhern agricultural ditch companies, the City of Thornton and previous studies. Hydrosphere's previously developed CBTlWindy Gap operations model would also be available. Anticipated Problems Deliverables Hydrosphere would work with the Northern District and other key interests to prepare a technical memorandum report on Nonhern water supply opportunities. This report would summarize the results of discussions with the interests listed above, the opportunities specified and the issues and concerns associated with each of those opportunities.