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<br />Lerr PnnC!fJiJ/lt:<ltures 01 tM FoorrllHs water suWv {XOfeC1 rrJ(:IUCle <br />Strom/a Spnngs O'Vf!fSJOn cram, me treatment {)lam. and connectmg <br />tunnel [Jenver IS abOut 2Om/!esa.....ay rowardtMJowerngm <br /> <br /> <br />1;~@~~\fiL <br /> <br />J~H \)4 \')8? <br />~Tf.R <br />COLOR~J.O\Ot eo~RO <br />(',O~SS~W,,\ <br /> <br />Foothills Project to Add 125 mgd <br /> <br />to Denver's Water Supply <br /> <br />Ever since 1859 when the tlrsl senlers bUilt cabtns al the con. <br />t1uence 01 Cherry Creek and lhe Soulh Plane River, waler has <br />been a problem for the people of Denver Trouble has been <br />caused all1mes by too much waler. as In 1864 when the lawn <br />was nearty swept away by tlOcx:l walers but most of the time the <br />problem has been to find ways to supplement the area s normal <br />preclDltallon at t 2 to 13 Inches per year <br />By the 18705, Denver was a prosperous mining center and <br />large enough tor water dlstnbtJ!lon 10 become a paYing proPOSl. <br />lIOn Where lhere IS an oPOOrtunlty lhere IS usually an entrepre- <br />neur and lor a whIle Ihere were as many as 11 private watel <br />compames comrJ€lIng fOI bUSIness in the growing CiTy All of <br />those compan~ eventually went brOke or sold out to Ihe Den. <br />ver Umon Waler Company WhICh In turn was bought In 1918 <br />tor $14 millIOn by the City and CounTy of Denver At lhat lime the <br />cltrzens 01 Denver voted to create a nonpartisan Board 01 Waler <br />Commissioners and to Issue bonds 10 acqUire the eXisting water <br />system Over the years. that system has grown Into a complex <br />array at reservOirs tunnels Ireatment plants, and dlstnbutlon <br />!acllltles <br />Cheesman Dam. completed In 1905. was the IlrSt storage <br />dam In the old Denver UnIOn Water Company system In !nose <br />days lhe ney, 80.000-acre-!OOI reservOlr was expected to solve <br />Denver s waler supply prOblem for all lime li:xlav Cheesman IS <br />Jusl one ot Six storage reservOlrs In the system and provides onty <br />aoout 15 percen! of the total storage caOOClty <br /> <br />New Expansion to be Energy Efficient <br /> <br />As Dem'er has grown from a fiver-bank community to a majOr <br />metropolitan area at nearly two millIOn people 11 nas had 10 ex- <br />oand beYond the limits of me nver vaHey In!O IfIe foothillS and <br />SUburban areas surrounding the CiTy To DWD. thIS growth has <br /> <br />Upstream VItO''''' 01 Stronrk3 $Pf/ngs Dam ta~en alter me ~rsf <br />snow ot the season The divefSlOfl funnel porta/Is allelt <br /> <br /> <br />. <br />~ ~, <br />~r~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'( .~- <br />"... ~ <br />~J <br /> <br />n <br /> <br />.'L <br /> <br />3 <br />