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<br />00184~ <br /> <br />SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS <br /> <br />The Eagle-Piney/Eagle-Colorado Water Study was prepared for the Denver Board of Water <br />Commissioners as a significant part of its continuing efforts to ensure the orderly and responsible <br />management of Denver's water resources. <br /> <br />To incorporate the Board's water appropriations in the Eagle and Piney River basins into <br />the Roberts Tunnel collection system, the study was focused on two main areas, The first was <br />the definition of the Eagle River and Piney River basins in terms of climatological, hydrological, <br />geological, topographical, and environmental parameters, The second was the determination of <br />an operational plan for integrating the Board's various appropriations which offered the greatest <br />potential benefits to the citizens to be served by this additional source of supply, The operation <br />of the appropriations in both the Eagle and Piney River basins was simulated with sophisticated <br />computer techniques to formulate the most realistic basis for responsible water management <br />considering both economics and the environment, <br /> <br />A systematic evaluation of numerous operational configurations was undertaken by <br />integrating the information obtained from the geologic, mapping, environmental, and water <br />availability programs of this study, As a result, four configurations with superior merits were <br />identified, Indepth evaluations and further screening refined the choices to arrive at the <br />recommendation that the Department develop, in stages, the valuable water resources in the Eagle <br />and Piney River basins by utilizing the collection, storage and delivery elements of the Eagle- <br />Piney/Eagle-Colorado operational configuration, <br /> <br />This configuration could most efficiently incorporate the Department's appropriations in a <br />manner consistent with sound economics and proper concern for environmental values. The <br />facilities of this configuration could deliver approximately 183,000 ac-ft of water annually to <br />Dillon Reservoir, <br /> <br />The Eagle-Piney/Eagle-Colorado operational configuration also provides the greatest <br />flexibility for the continuing consideration and accommodation of changing economic, <br />environmental and social factors during its implementation, <br /> <br />1 <br />