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<br />2 <br /> <br />per day, and that peak day demands instead can be met by <br /> <br />minor restrictions. <br /> <br /> <br />Unfortunately, there are circumstances that can <br /> <br /> <br />reduce this capacity to deliver water with the existing <br /> <br />treatment system to only 210 million gallons per day. <br /> <br /> <br />In the event of a 3D-day dry, hot period, the follow- <br /> <br /> <br />ing set of circumstances not only can, but probably will <br /> <br /> <br />happen before Foothills can be built: <br /> <br /> <br />The Moffat plant, which has an absolute capacity <br /> <br /> <br />of 210 million gallons per day of treated water, presently <br /> <br /> <br />has insufficient raw water resources to provide year-around <br /> <br /> <br />operations. By mid-summer, it must be shut down if used at <br /> <br />its absolute capacity. Or, its output must be drastically <br /> <br />curtailed throughout the summer season to conserve the raw <br /> <br /> <br />water supply and then be shut down in the fall. <br /> <br /> <br />The Kassler plant, which has an absolute capacity of <br /> <br /> <br />50 million gallons per day of treated water, utilizes turn- <br /> <br /> <br />of-the-century technology which cannot cope with turbid <br /> <br /> <br />water. In the event of high South Platte River turbidity, <br /> <br /> <br />it must be shut down until such time as the turbidity returns <br /> <br /> <br />to acceptable levels. <br /> <br /> <br />The Marston plant, which has a rated capacity of <br /> <br /> <br />260 million gallons per day of treated water, is the base- <br /> <br /> <br />load (365 days per year) plant of the system. But even that <br /> <br /> <br />capacity is not dependable. The raw water supply coming into <br /> <br /> <br />the plant is limited to 210 million gallons per day. After <br /> <br />00'118 <br />