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<br /> <br />I I -~ "'I <br />1 ::...... -~~ t <br />,.,., I.,; ~_:;: <br />'1' <br />I . <br /> <br />r~ <br /> <br />~ ~1tJ. ...: . <br />""0"'-' <br />.." l'-...,-, :~.-".:" :,'- p "if . <br />, '" :J~'~ <br />-,,- ":,-- <br /> <br />iI"" <br />Water Company engineers on their way to ex- <br />amine a construction pt"oject in 1905. <br /> <br />Truck used for hydrant repairs posed in front of <br />Cotorado Capitol Building in 1913. <br /> <br /> <br />Despite many contributions to improved water service, thc Denver Union <br />Water Company was unablc to keep pace with the growing <br />demands of the City. On August 6, 1918, the citizens of Denver voted <br />to issue bonds to obtain funds for the purchase of the water <br />system. They also voted for a management plan placing control of the <br />system under an independent and non-partisan board of five water <br />commissioners. On November 1, 1918, the Denver Union Water Company <br />was purchased for $14 million by the City and County of Denver. <br /> <br />$ <br />~~ . <br /> <br />. ~~, <br /> <br />To further develop Denver's water supplies. the Water Board purchased <br />numerous water rights and acquired Antero Reservoir on the upper <br />South Fork of the South Platte River. The first major facility constructed <br />was a large filter plant beside Marston Lake to replace screening <br />faeilities at that site and provide full processing for all Denver water. <br /> <br />Steam-powered ditdling machine diO!ling trench for <br />a nE'W water main in 19 J 6. <br /> <br />. <br />