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<br />meant nOl only an Increase In demand but also an e_panSlon at <br />facilities to areas conSlder(!b!y higher In elevallon than the origl' <br />nal system was deSlQned tor These higher areas are currently <br />served by 33 pumping statIOns .....Ith a total capaCity 01 1100 6 <br />mgd <br />By Sl\lng lhe ne'N Foothills ProJ€Ct (Stron!la Springs Dam and <br />Foothills Treatment Plant) al an elevatIOn high enough SO lhat <br />trealed ....ater tS Introduced Into the system above e1evallOn 5850 <br />VIrtually all at the melrop:>litan area Will at limes be served by <br />gravity flow The resultJng sclVlngs In eleclrlClty lor pumping IS <br />e_pected to 10tal 16 million kWh annually In addition. rne new <br />treatment planl Will have Its own hydroelectrIC stalion whICh win <br />use raw-water InflOws to generate DOwer tor the operallon 01 the <br />lreatment plant wlrn some surplus available tor sale to the local <br />electric utility <br />The new prOject Will Increase DWD s trealment C<3paCIIy by <br />t25 mgd to a total at 645 mgd Thai added capaCity and Its <br />reliability ....111 be partICul;:!rty Imoortantlfl eJ:cePtlonally dry pen. <br />ods In 1977 and 1978 for Iflstance e_treme ShOrtages oc- <br />curred when the 21 O.mgd Moflat Treatment Plant had to be shul <br />down tor a total of epght months due to Inadequate ra.... waler <br />supply <br /> <br />V'IT Vrew!rom Itle nght db/lImen! sHOws IIIe concrele Daren Dlan! <br />kx:.i1t~ on fOO 01 me upstream cofler(jam af iell ana Ill€' rnrUSf bIoC~ <br />am approacn to f/l;:. aU~~Iil'" sPi/lwav on /he far SlOe of me (jam <br /> <br />Below Downstream VIt'W of Ihf' dam snov.s me Sl"f\l1D:' sOlllway la~'ng <br />sNap" at the top cerrler oIlhe (jam me outlet valves am valve hOUSf' <br />under constructIOn at lower UYlter and me auxill8rv st:WI'.'i3Y c/lure al '9ht <br /> <br />The Footnllls PrOf€Cl Will ease these drought. year shortages. <br />001 even In limes at plenty tile people of Denver Will be urged to <br />use only as much water as IS necessary The Denver Water <br />Board IS committed to Instilling a lifelong ethic of water conser- <br />vation among customers .. and that goal has been rem forCed <br />by an agreement With varIOus Federal agenCies whICh calls tor a <br />5 percent reduction In per capta water consumptIOn by 1984 <br /> <br />The Foothills Protect <br /> <br />Detailed plannIng has been In progress on the Foothills PrO/E!Ct <br />Since 1955 Construction began In t979 and completion is <br />SCheduled for t982 The pro/OCllnvolves tnree main elements <br /> <br />The 300-1t.htgh Stranlla Sprmgs diverSion dam located <br />downstream of tile contluence of the nonll and south forks <br />of the Soulh Plalle River, <br /> <br />2 T he Foothills Tunnel (3 4 miles long and 10 51t In dl3meter) <br />to convey raw water tram the Strontla Spnngs reservOir to <br />new treatment tacllitJe$, and <br /> <br />3 The Foothills Treatment Plant. WhICh In Its lirSI stage will In. <br />elude lreatment faCilities With a caoacity at 125 mgd and <br />the caoabllrty tor expanSIOn to a maximum capacity at 500 <br />mgd. a hydroeloctrlc stallon operating on Ille head created <br />by the dam, and two concrete underground reservOirs to <br />Inttl3lly store 50 million gallons of clear water <br /> <br />Project work also Includes a new Intake and connecting tun- <br />nel tor the e_lstlng diverSion to Aurora and a clearwater conduit <br />to connect the treatment plant With the Denver water system <br /> <br /> <br />5 <br />