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<br />,. <br /> <br />.'-' r-("> <br />o U 2 0 G " <br /> <br />size to 400,000 A.F" 450,000 A.F. or 500,000 A.F.? It could be in some <br /> <br />significant measure a substitue for Two Forks. For the time beil)g, how can <br /> <br />ChatfieLd be optimized? It would be expanded to its maximum economic <br /> <br />capacity. There is at least 67,000 A.F.at the confluence of Clear Creek <br /> <br />and the South Platte that could be pumped and stored in Chatfield. Plum <br /> <br />Creek contributes 17,200 A.F. and Bear Creek has 27,800 A.F. Possibly <br /> <br />other water could be diverted using Chatfield as a catch all still allowing <br /> <br />120,000 A.F. for flood storage during the 90 day flood season.... <br /> <br />"These figures indicated that including the expansion of the Gross <br /> <br />and Standley reservoirs (an additional 217,225 A.F.), metropolitan Denver <br /> <br />should not be in trouble for many years and during this period the true <br /> <br />population trend, not the estimated trend which is questioned, will govern <br /> <br />what final and ultimate water storage must be provided." <br /> <br />C. No Additional East Slope Storage Should Be Bui It At This Time, <br /> <br />I. General (Colorado Open Space Council, Edward Conners). <br /> <br />"The very basis of the study was restricted to questioning the environ- <br /> <br />mental affects only of the proposed impoundment. For four years it has been <br /> <br />the determined effort of citizens to have the study include a II of the environ- <br /> <br />ment which would be affected by a Two Forks Dam. While such a study has <br /> <br /> <br />not been done on previous Reclamation Projects, we are necessariiy forced <br /> <br />to include new criteria here because of the crossroads at which Denver stands <br /> <br />in its future development. As stated from the outset this study should include <br /> <br />potential environmental degradation and impact at the source of the water for <br /> <br />Two Forks, namely the proposed West SLope water to be derived from the EagLe- <br /> <br />Piney Project, the East Gore Canal and the Eagle-Colorado Dam near Wolcott. <br /> <br />",-:.~.:.;:.:_..:., :.-:~;/7:;: <br /><. -. ~ .......-. <br />'" . .' -;'." <br />.< '::. ~-. ;..,-.-- ~..' <br />.-.,......" <br /> <br />East slope considerations which have been eliminated from this study should <br />-16- <br /> <br />... -- ." <br />..' -----:..~:.;--..:.. <br />,;>:..,,-. ..'" <br /> <br />....-.-... <br /> <br /> <br />