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<br />UlhJ:::3G <br /> <br />shortfall which could be expected to result if the Board only carried <br />forward its present service area and tap limitation policy. The portion of <br />tne green bar grapn above tne b1ue 1ine demonstrates now mucn sooner and <br />how much greater a shortfall could be expected to occur for that portion of <br />the metropolitan area growth which would require water service from the <br />Denver system if the Board did not adhere to its present service area and <br />tap limitation policy. <br /> <br />The fo110wing project profiles provide a summary description of water <br />supply projects which can be used to correct projected shortfa11s if their <br />construction can occur in a timely fashion. Until the yield from anyone <br />or combination of those projects appears certain of accompl i shment, a <br />relaxation of the Board's present service area and tap limitation poliCY <br />could not be justified. In fact, more stringent limitations may become <br />necessary to prevent shortfalls to those presently receiving water ser- <br />vice. <br /> <br />PROJECT PROFILES <br /> <br />Roberts Tunnel Collection System - Straight Creek Unit <br /> <br />The Straight Creek Unit of the Roberts Tunnel Collection System will <br />divert water from Straight Creek at the diversion faCility of the old Oro <br />Grande No.2 Canal acquired by the Board in connection with acquisition of <br />rights-of-way for the Dillon Dam and Reservoir or at a point sl ight1y <br />downstream from that point. Waters diverted from Straight Creek will be <br />delivered either by pipeline or through the open Oro Grande Canal to the <br />Di110n Reservoir. <br /> <br />The water right for this unit is in the process of being adjudicated; <br />the Referee has rejected the Board's c1aim and the matter is now pending <br />before the Water Judge on Denver's protest to the Referee's ruling. <br /> <br />With elimination of conflicting calls, the increase in firm annual <br />yield to the Denver system from operation of the unit is estimated to be at <br />least 5,000 acre feet per year and would increase to 8,000 acre feet per <br />year with the proviSion of strategically located Eastern Slope storage <br />capacity. <br /> <br />The cost of construction is estimated to be $2,500,000.00 in 1980 <br />dollars and the development period, including time for site specific <br />environmental analyses, permitting and construction is estimated to be 5 <br />years. <br /> <br />-4- <br />