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<br />Page Eighteen <br /> <br />As competition and controversy increases over available surface supply, vast <br /> <br />quantities of untapped groundwater lie dormant under the metro Denver area. <br /> <br />Some people believe that large-scale development of this resource should be <br /> <br />avoided due to the fears that reliance on this finite supply would precipitate <br /> <br />a crisis in the future. The Groundwater Task Group feels adequate study may <br /> <br />prove this fear is premature for wells being drilled today. If the <br /> <br />engineering is possible,. and the economics are favorable, prudent management <br /> <br />of this vast resource may provide many years of supply. It should be <br /> <br />recognized however, that a number of years may be required for the necessary <br /> <br />engineering studies and judicial proceedings to be completed. <br /> <br />Present studies, although general and preliminary in nature, suggest the <br /> <br />possibility of reliance to some degree upon bedrock groundwater as a partial <br /> <br />solution to future metro Denver water needs, and therefore should be examined <br /> <br />thoroughly. <br />