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<br />. <br /> <br />2GSS <br />Purpose/Need <br /> <br />The purpose and need of the Preferred Alternative are as follows: <br /> <br />1. Provide a physically redundant line to supply raw water to the existing treatment plant. <br /> <br />2. Provide additional capacity to meet existing peak water demands and anticipated demands at <br />build-out of the Pueblo West community. <br /> <br />In order to construct, operate, and maintain the Proposed River Pump Station No.2, 36-inch pipeline, <br />diversion and river intake structure, and generator, Pue,blo West is seekjng to amend their existing <br />easement with Reclamation. <br /> <br />Issues <br /> <br />Reclamation's Eastern Colorado Area Office in Loveland, Colorado, released a scoping letter for <br />public comment in August 8, 2002, that described the preferred alternative, and a Draft EA May 2003. <br />, In response to the scoping letter, three comment letters from two interested parnes, the Pubblo Board <br />of Water Works (Water Works) and the Colorado State Parks, were received. In response to the Draft <br />EA, three comment letters from three interested parties, Water Works, Colorado State Parks, and West <br />Pueblo Ditch and Reservoir Company were received. Outlined below is a list of significant issues <br />developed from these public comment letters and Reclamation's internal scoping. <br /> <br />1. Impacts from noxious weeds <br /> <br />2. Impacts on listed and candidate T &E species; especially bald eagles and black-tailed prairie <br />dogs <br /> <br />3. Potential changes in the timing and amounts of Pueblo West's water released from storage <br />upstream in the Arkansas River <br /> <br />4. Impacts on Water Works 17 cubic feet per second (cfs) raw water release to the Arkansas <br />River and downstream diversions to Comanch'il Pump Station and Whitlock Water Treatment <br />Plant <br /> <br />5. Impacts of construction activities on Arkansas River raw water quality <br /> <br />6. Impacts to diversions for the West Pueblo Ditch, including the ability to deliver water to the <br />Rock Canyon Swim Beach (Swim Beach) <br /> <br />4 <br />