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<br />Final PSOP Implementation Committee Report <br /> <br />Page 3 of 23 <br /> <br />2 ~'ljlyt at Pueblo Reservoir. The DWMS would be used to store a portion of Winter Water that <br />~ strbject to spill at Pueblo Reservoir and provide for additional temporary storage for <br />agricultural and municipal water providers, and to help facilitate a water banking program in the <br />Arkansas Valley. (The Implementation Committee Report refers to the District Water <br />Management Storage as "Enterprise Water Management Storage" (EWMS) in recognition that <br />the District's Water Activity Enterprise will manage the storage space.) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Summary of Preferred Storage Options Plan Elements-With the new storage-demand <br />target set at 122,100 acre-feet, including savings from water conservation measures, as <br />described above, the PSOP establishes the following priorities for the development of <br />additional storage capacity to meet demands within the District's service area: <br /> <br />Contracts/Facilities/ Capacity <br />Conservation <br />Measures <br /> <br />Water <br />Conservation <br />Measures <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Re-operations <br />storage <br />contracts- <br />allowing the use of <br />Project Water <br />carryover storage <br />for non-Project <br />water uses under <br />long-term If & <br />When contracts <br /> <br />Enlargement of <br />Pueblo Reservoir <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Enlargement of <br />Turquoise <br />Reservoir <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />3/20/02 <br /> <br />Local water <br />conservation <br />plans and action <br />items have <br />reduced the total <br />demand for <br />storage by 1 0 to <br />12 percent <br /> <br />49,500 acre-feet <br />(more or less <br />depending upon <br />the number of <br />contracts) <br /> <br />54,000 acre-feet <br />proposed: could <br />be up to 75,000 <br />acre-feet <br /> <br />19,000 acre-feet <br />proposed; may <br />be limited by <br />recreational <br />issues and <br /> <br />Timeline for Needs Met <br />Development <br /> <br />Water <br />conservation plan <br />elements are <br />ongoing; proposed <br />measures include <br />a reuse plan to <br />help meet <br />demands in <br />Colorado Springs <br /> <br />Need authority for <br />re-operations <br />contracts by the <br />year 2004; <br />authority will be <br />established <br />through federal <br />legislation or an <br />administrative <br />decision by <br />Reclamation <br /> <br />Need this <br />additional storage <br />beginning in 2013 <br /> <br />This additional <br />storage is needed <br />beginning in 2025 <br /> <br />Helps to meet municipal <br />water supply needs <br /> <br />Meets a portion of the <br />storage need for eligible <br />municipal water providers <br /> <br />Provides additional <br />storage for municipal <br />water providers, and <br />establishes District Water <br />Management Storage for <br />a portion of the Winter <br />Water Storage Program <br />and If & When storage <br /> <br />Provides additional <br />storage for municipal <br />water providers <br />