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<br />Final PSOP Implementation Committee Report <br /> <br />Section 5 - F[y-Ark Project Repayment <br />Section 6 - NEPA Compliance 226".1., <br />Section 7 - Participation <br /> <br />. 7.1 MOA's to Participate in Re-operations <br />7.2 MOA's to Confirm Participation in Enlargement Project <br />7.3 Finanacial Commitment to PSOP Implementatio <br /> <br />Page 2 of 23 <br /> <br />Section 8 - Enlargement Water Rights Filing <br />Section 9 - Water Activj!y Fund for Project O&M <br />Section 10 - Legislation for I mplementation of the PSOe <br />Section 11 - Recommendations Regarding Aurora's Participation in the PSOP <br />Section 12 - Next Step~ <br />Section 13 - Participants and AcknowledgemenJ <br /> <br />Attachments- Application for Conditional Water Storage Rights Pueblo Reservoir <br />Enlargement, (click here to request as:opy 9fJhis finqing) <br />Application for Conditional Water Storage Rights Turquoise Reservoir Enlargement, <br />(click here to request coRY of this finding) <br />107th Co!lgressJlill <br /> <br />Background and Summary-Preferred Storage Options <br />Plan <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Project Purpose and Need-The current population of the Southeastern Colorado Water <br />Conservancy District's nine-county service area is 620,000. That number is expected to <br />increase to over 1.5 million by the year 2040. In an effort to prepare for the water needs of the <br />growing population in the Arkansas River basin and to help sustain water supplies for <br />agricultural use, the PSOP establishes a strategy for the effective management of existing <br />storage and the development of additional water storage capacity. <br /> <br />The need for additional water storage capacity to meet the Attachments needs of agricultural <br />and municipal water users in the nine-county service area of the Southeastern District was first <br />documented in the December 1998 Water and Storage Needs Assessment Report. That <br />report, using population growth projections and an agricultural use baseline to establish a year <br />2040 demand, indicates that municipal water providers need 107,100 acre-feet of additional <br />storage to meet their water needs into the year 2040 and agricultural water users need 66,000 <br />acre-feet of firm storage to help sustain the Winter Water Storage Program supplies and <br />provide for the storage of replacement water for well augmentation. The total storage demand <br />was determined to be 173,100 acre-feet. <br /> <br />The Preferred Storage Options Plan Report (PSOP), initiated in the spring of '99, then <br />analyzed the various alternatives to address the documented need for storage. The 173,100 <br />acre-foot storage demand was then modified in the Preferred Storage Options Plan to 122,100 <br />acre-feet. This change results from a reduction in the storage for agricultural needs, which was <br />determined to be an appropriate step because there was not the financial means among the <br />agricultural water users to develop the full 66,000 acre-foot additional storage capacity. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />District Water Management Storage-As an alternative to firm storage capacity developed <br />for the Winter Water Storage Program and replacement water supplies, the PSOP would <br />develop "District Water Management Storage" (DWMS) as a part of the proposed enlargement <br /> <br />3/20/02 <br />