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.\ ,F' " .. -3- in drafting a new approach to a water improvement program. Ed Conners of COSC said "we don't want to gloat but we want to establish a positive, on- going basis for discussion." Board Manager Ogilvie, however, indicated a different direction in his future dealings with the environmentalists. He said he is disbanding the Denver Environmental Committee, a group composed of representatives of ROMCOE, COSC and Eagle-Piney who have been meeting with the Board staff for nearly two years and will structure a new advisory committee composed of one member from the Board, one member representing all environmental groups, one. from local government, one from the League of Women Voters, one from the suburban areas served by Denver, and one from the Western Slope. "Such a committee should be a broader and more dedi- cated representation," he said. Ogilvie expressed bitterness about the old committee's record of achievement. "It has been entirely negative," he said, "we have not had one. constructive suggestion coming out of that group in two years." The Board of Water Commissioners, in a meeting on the day following the election, adopted a resolution indefinitely halting new water service to all areas outside Denver, including enclaves. This action was reported- ly taken on the grounds that the election was a mandate of the people. The Board announced it will not press for another election on a bond issue this year. Environmentalists contended their main intent in opposing the bond issue was opposition to unlimited growth in the Denver Metropolitan area and that one sure way to guarantee this growth would be to guarantee an adequate water supply. Ironically, on the same day when the Denver water bond issue was being defeated on the issue of growth an Environmental Protection Administration official warned the residents of the Roaring Fork River Valley be~ow Aspen that a proposed $358,000 expansion of its .> ' '2.'7 {) .'1