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<br />3 <br /> <br /> <br />In November, 1973, the people of Denver approved issu- <br />ance of municipal bonds of up to $160 million for various <br />Denver Water Department systems improvements, including $70.2 <br />6 <br />million for the proposed Foothills Water Treatment Complex. <br />The Complex, meanwhile, had been further defined by <br />the consulting engineering firm of Black & Veatch, and by the <br /> <br />Denver Water Department planners and engineers. It was to <br /> <br />include the Strontia Springs Dam, a thin-arch concrete structure <br />which would rise 243 feet above the river bed; a reservoir <br />about 1.7 miles long, covering an area of 96 acres and capable <br />of holding 7,600 acre-feet of untreated water; a 10.5-foot <br />conduit and tunnel, to run more than three miles from the <br />reservoir eastward; and a treatment plant to be located near <br /> <br />Roxborough Park with an initial capacit~ of 125 million gallons <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />per day. The design also anticipated eventual expansion of <br /> <br />the plant to an ultimate capacity of 500 million gallons per <br />7 <br />day. <br /> <br />Because the Strontia Springs will develop a substantial <br />"head" of water pressure and a dependable annual flow, it is <br />suitable for a small hydroelectric generation facility to be <br />located at the treatment plant site. With the initial 125 <br />million gallons per day initial treatment capacity volumes, <br />11 million kilowatt hours will be produced annually, 8 <br />.million KWH of which will be consumed by the treatment facility, <br />with the remaining 3 million KWH available for sale. <br /> <br />In addition to serving the needs of the Denver Water <br /> <br />Department service area, the Strontia Springs reservoir also <br /> <br />On"" (' ., <br />v,,-, <br />