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<br /> <br /> <br />. <br />In Memoridffi <br />\\'ilhJm Gt"dde~ Temple ~t''f\ed <br />16 ~t'dr\ on In... Wdter BOJrd. He <br />>\..1\ J (ommi\~I()ner during the <br />lon~lru( lIon ,lnd completion of <br />ltU' nt"'" Admmi~u.llIon and <br />':.hop) Buddmg~. He died July B, <br />197B. <br /> <br />Denver Dooud of Water Commissioners <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />,~ <br />~ , <br /> <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />L~ <br /> <br />.. irzJl <br /> <br />Denver Water <br /> <br />Its m.jor storage rest'noirs: <br />R~eU'oir Capacity in Acre Feet <br /> <br />AnlNa 15,878 <br />Cheesman 79,064 <br />Dillon 254.036 <br />Eleven Mile Canyon 97,779 <br />GrtXs 43,065 <br />Marston 17.213 <br />Ralston 11,272 <br />. Willi.ilms Fork 96,8n <br /> <br />O\\illi.lm) fork dot') not )upply waler directly 10 <br />D('n\lt'r, but plol/ides e.change woller to meel <br />downslrt'olm senior water flghg requiremenh, <br />r('pl,King tholl diverred ebewhere by Ihl;' Water <br />Board The po.....er plant supplies replacement <br />enerSY 10 the BureolU 01 Rec1olmdlion. <br /> <br />Its supply sources: <br />The SOUlh Platte River <br />The Roberts Tunnel Colleclion System <br />The Moffal Tunnel Colleclion Syslem <br />The Williams Fork Diversion System <br /> <br />Its Rocky Mount.ioin tunnels: <br />H.Hold D. Roberts Tunnel - 23.3 miles <br />Moffat Tunnel - 6.0 miles <br />Vasquez Tunnel - 3.4 miles <br />August P. Gumlick Tunnel - 3 miles <br /> <br />Water developmenl for the semi-arid EaSlern Slope willlr.lnSport waler as far as a hundred <br />miles and may require decades in planning and construction. <br />Yet Denver's water use remains low. The melropolitan ared served by the Denver \Vater <br />Deparlment uses 11,1% 01 Co lord do's water for nearly 40'% of Ihe state"> populaTion. Al1lhe <br />cities and towns use less th.ln 3'X, of the state's consumption. <br /> <br />